Engineering
EPFL scientists take modeling to new heights
Research
EPFL
EPFL’s Platform of Hydraulic Constructions has been commissioned to model a future hydropower plant in Australia. As part of its work, the team has built an outsize replica on campus.
Sustainable solutions from a concrete canoe
Teaching
ETH Zurich
This weekend, students from ETH Zurich won the sustainability prize at the 18th concrete canoe regatta in Brandenburg with their boat "TruchETH". The aspiring civil engineering impressed with an environmentally friendly boat for which they combined old clothes with concrete.
The missing piece to faster, cheaper and more accurate 3D mapping
Research
EPFL
Engineers at EPFL and the University of Geneva believe they hold the key to automated drone mapping. By combining artificial intelligence with a new algorithm, their method promises to considerably reduce the time and resources needed to accurately scan complex landscapes.
Climeworks raises CHF 600 million
TechTransfer
ETH Zurich
ETH spin-off Climeworks is specialised in technology that filters CO₂ directly from the air. The company secured CHF 600 million in investment in its latest equity round, allowing it to invest in new large-​scale air capture facilities.
Plant-based steak made from pea protein
TechTransfer
ETH Zurich
ETH Pioneer Fellow Martin Hofmann has developed a method to produce high-quality plant-based meat alternatives. His research on the flow properties of soft materials enables him to imitate the marbling of real steaks.  
Novel X-ray lens facilitates glimpse into the nanoworld
Research
PSI
PSI scientists have developed a ground-breaking achromatic lens for X-rays. This allows the X-ray beams to be accurately focused on a single point even if they have different wavelengths. The new lens will make it much easier to study nanostructures using X-rays, according to a paper just published by the researchers in the scientific journal Nature Communications.
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