ETH Zurich
We must expand human rights to cover neurotechnology
Politics
ETH Zurich
Technologies that interfere with our brains have great potential. But their ethical implications are such that they may require an expansion of human rights frameworks, argues Marcello Ienca.
Sensing the brain’s chemical signals
Research
ETH Zurich
Nako Nakatsuka earned a place on this year’s MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35 list for her invention of a precise chemical biosensor that empowers researchers to better understand brain processes and diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Major Depression, and Parkinson’s.
Light construction, efficient operation
TechTransfer
ETH Zurich Empa
Boasting an intricate, doubly curved concrete roof, lightweight funicular floors, and self-learning building technology, the latest addition to Empa and Eawag's NEST research building in Duebendorf, Switzerland officially opened recently. The innovative unit illustrates nearly a decade of formative ETH Zurich research in architecture and sustainable technologies.
Transport pricing in practice
Research
ETH Zurich
In the largest worldwide pricing experiment to date, researchers have demonstrated that road users change their behavior when they must pay for the social and environmental effects of their transportation. The study was led by researchers from the University of Basel, ETH Zurich and ZHAW.
Why the Covid certificate requirement is not discriminatory
Politics
ETH Zurich
In his doctoral thesis, Dario Meili explores discrimination. Although there are instances of discrimination in our society, the certificate requirement is not one of them, he says.
Commercially viable production of climate-neutral plastic is possible
Research
ETH Zurich
By cleverly combining different technologies, manufacturers can produce plastic that is climate neutral over its entire life cycle. A new study by an international team of researchers has shown that this combination requires less energy than alternatives and costs the same – or even less.
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