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Eight SNSF Starting Grants for ETH researchers
Four women and four men successfully applied for Starting Grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation via ETH Zurich.
Vice President of Research moving from ETH Zurich to Singapore
Vice President of Research Christian Wolfrum is leaving ETH as of 1 July 2025 to take up a new academic challenge: he is to become Deputy President and Provost responsible for all academic matters at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore).
And it keeps on turning
The coloured Cube has been around for 50 years. Its inventor, Ernő Rubik, celebrated his 80th birthday this year. At the invitation of the ETH Department of Mathematics, he spent some time in Zurich to discuss the fascination of the Rubik’s Cube with researchers, students and children.
Cause of the yo-yo effect deciphered
Researchers at ETH Zurich have discovered a mechanism behind the yo-yo effect: fat cells have a memory that is based on epigenetics.
ETH Zurich team takes home a quarter million in biodiversity prize
The XPRIZE Rainforest competition acknowledged ETH Zurich-led team for its development and deployment of novel, autonomous technologies that enable near real-time insights about biodiversity.