ETH Zurich
Traces in the water
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ETH Zurich
How we are contaminating our waters with microplastics and a multitude of chemicals.
Slow electrons for more efficient reactions
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ETH Zurich
Researchers have managed to produce slow electrons in a solution. In the future, such electrons could help make certain chemical reactions more efficient.
Diving robot for dangerous operations
TechTransfer
ETH Zurich
Divers are often put at considerable risk when searching for people or objects underwater. The ETH spin-off Tethys has developed an underwater robot that can be used in situations that are too dangerous for human divers.
Droughts increasingly reduce CO2 uptake in the tropics
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ETH Zurich
ETH Zurich researchers have found that droughts and land water variability have had an increasing effect on the carbon cycle in the tropics over the last sixty years. Most climate models fail to capture this observation. This could mean that terrestrial ecosystems could absorb less CO2 than expected in their role as carbon sinks in the future.
Mindful meditation helps us make better decisions
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ETH Zurich
People who meditate every day are less likely to avoid negative information. This is a finding in a new study by a research team including researchers from ETH Zurich.
“For very small problem sizes a classical computer is faster”
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ETH Zurich
In theory, quantum computers vastly outperform classical computers in terms of computing speed. For them to do so in practice, it is necessary to design more and novel high-speed algorithms, says ETH supercomputing specialist Torsten Hoefler.  
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