Cooperation
Bringing SwissFEL light to industrial users
TechTransfer
PSI
Pharmaceutical companies have a lot to gain from using light from X-ray free electron lasers (XFELS) to study protein structures, but a barrier is throughput. The Cristallina experimental station at SwissFEL, which recently opened its first call for structural biology users, promises to change that. In an interview, John Beale, who is responsible for macromolecular crystallography at Cristallina, explains how.
How to mend a broken heart
Teaching
EPFL
EPFL is collaborating with academic and industrial partners to develop a cardiac intervention simulator. This platform is designed to train interventionalists in much the same way as flight simulators are used to train pilots.
Accelerating battery research with robots
Research
Empa
Empa researchers want to accelerate the development of urgently needed new energy storage systems with the help of the Aurora battery robot. The Aurora project is part of the European research initiative Battery2030+, which was recently awarded over 150 million euros in funding by the EU. In addition, the project is part of the ETH Board's "Open Research Data" initiative, which promotes digitization and free access to research data.
How trees influence cloud formation
Research
PSI
As part of the international CLOUD project at the nuclear research centre CERN, researchers at PSI have identified so-called sesquiterpenes – gaseous hydrocarbons that are released by plants – as being a major factor in cloud formation. This finding could reduce uncertainties in climate models and help make more accurate predictions. The study has now been published in the journal Science Advances.
EPFL team discover thousands of new transformable knots
Research
EPFL
Leveraging results from knot theory and using physical simulation, researchers in the School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC) have created a data set of thousands of different elastic knots that can be used in the design of new structures.
Enriching partnership for research and innovation
Politics
Empa PSI
Energy transition, climate change, biodiversity and resource scarcity – today's challenges are complex, and the clock is ticking. So joining forces and working together ever more closely is the name of the game these days. This is exactly what the four research institutes of the ETH Domain – Empa, Eawag, WSL and PSI (Paul Scherrer Institute) – are doing. With cooperation platforms and joint projects, the four institutes are positioning themselves even more clearly than before as THE bridge between research and innovative solutions for today's challenges.
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