Honeybees are important pollinators – but not the only important ones, says a new study. For a rich harvest of various fruits and seeds, many other insects are more essential.Peter Rüegg,
28.02.13
The interplay between an infection during pregnancy and stress in puberty plays a key role in the development of schizophrenia, as behaviourists from ETH Zurich demonstrate in a mouse model.Peter Rüegg,
28.02.13
Exoplanet researchers and cosmologists from ETH Zurich have discovered an object that could be a planet in the making. It would be the first time that scientists have succeeded in observing this process.Franziska Schmid,
28.02.13
ETH-Zurich researchers look several billion years back in time, when life on Earth was just beginning. In a laboratory experiment, they examined how a primordial protein was able to improve in the course of evolution.Fabio Bergamin,
26.02.13
The ETH Zurich Student Association (VSETH) has had a new President since 1 February 2013: Petros Papadopoulos succeeds Rahel Zoller, who had been head of VSETH since October 2011. In this interview he tells ETH Life what his main concerns are as President of the Student Association.Florian Meyer,
22.02.13
Pathogenic salmonellae rely on a division of labour: some of them see to the common wellbeing, while others are able to stand up to free rider salmonellae better. This teamwork is their recipe for success in colonising the gut.Fabio Bergamin,
21.02.13
Subordinate animals must face higher risks than dominant ones
Dominant meerkat females yield to their subaltern group members when faced with a dangerous obstacle: as a group of these animals reaches a road, a «guinea pig» has to go first.Peter Rüegg,
19.02.13
Researchers from ETH Zurich and the Swiss Seismological Service have installed a temporary seismological network in Bhutan. They plan to use the network to close a gap in geophysical research of the Himalayas.Interview: Simone Ulmer,
12.02.13
Thanks to twelve outstanding professors, over 33 million Swiss francs from the European Research Council (ERC) will flow into ETH Zurich. They all receive an Advanced Grant, with which the ERC supports projects by top-flight researchers.Franziska Schmid,
01.02.13
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