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ETH Life renamed to ETH News
ETH Zurich will re-launch its web on 29 October. This also means that ETH Life will become ETH News. What will change besides the new name? Roman Klingler, Head News & Media Relations, explains.
25.10.13
Science
A thermoelectric materials emulator
Converting heat directly into power could be a major source of renewable energy. Physicists at ETH Zurich now have simulated new materials that are highly efficient in this transition – in an experiment with cold atoms trapped by lasers.
24.10.13
27.09.13 Six new professors at ETH Zurich
At its meeting of 25 and 26 September 2013, the ETH Board appointed professors at ETH Zurich in accordance with the applications submitted by the President of ETH Zurich.
27.09.13 “Emissions are long-term obligations”
Reto Knutti, Professor for Climate Physics, is the Coordinating Lead Author of the chapter in the IPCC report on long-term climate forecasts. ETH Life interviewed him about the report and the state of knowledge about the climate.
27.09.13 We are running out of time
Several ETH scientists made significant contributions to a new IPCC climate report. It confirms the previous versions and warns more clearly than ever before that we are running out of time if we expect to achieve the 2-degree target.
26.09.13 "ETH made the right choice in coming to Asia"
Gerhard Schmitt, Founding Director of the Singapore ETH-Centre, returns to Zurich with insightful experiences. Urban sustainability for future cities is the focus of the research centre.
23.09.13 Chasing the black holes of the ocean
According to researchers from ETH Zurich and the University of Miami, the mysterious phenomenon of black holes has a mathematical equivalent on Earth in the form of huge ocean vortices. They capture and carry water without the slightest leakage.
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