In the Media May 2024
Featuring this month's best news stories from the perspective of journalists and media around the globe.
This week's top stories!
Breakthrough solar power technology could replace fossil fuels in heavy manufacturing
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Discovery Alert: An Earth-sized World and Its Ultra-cool Star
external pageAn international team (including researchers from ETH Zurich) using robotic telescopes around the world recently spotted an Earth-sized planet orbiting an ultra-cool red dwarf, the dimmest and longest-lived of stars.call_made (Uni Liège, Cambridge, ETH Zurich, Birmingham Uni, Uni Bern, and MIT)
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High-Resolution Microscope Reveals Electron Behavior in Graphene
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New gel could make drinking alcohol less harmful
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Circular Solutions Vital To Curb Enviro Harm From Cement and Concrete
“A lot of focus is on how to mitigate [cement’s] climate change impacts,” says Christopher Oberschelp, senior researcher and lecturer at ETH Zurich. “But we’re forgetting that we’re also having other very big problems in terms of human health” connected to its production.
Analysis-Ukraine peace summit pushes neutral Swiss toward Western embrace
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ETH spinout Mimic raises $2.5m for AI-powered robotic hands
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Police Clear Protest From Swiss University as Gaza Demonstrations Spread
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New device draws blood samples like a leech
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ETH Zurich spin-offs develop high performance batteries
The electrification of many areas of life is leading to an increased demand for high-?performance batteries. Two ETH spin-?offs are making waves in this field: while BTRY develops high-?performance solid-?state batteries, 8inks is working on a new standard for production.
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How plants actively shaped Earth's climate cycle throughout history
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Apple targets Google staff to build artificial intelligence team
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New EU nature law will fail without farmers, scientists warn
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