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Warmer temperatures are often expected to make plants start growing earlier; that is what scientists have long assumed.

Classroom incentives can reduce socioeconomic inequalities Which children work harder at school, and what does their effort have to do with their social background? Until now, educational research has been unable to provide empirically based answers to this question.

How does fine dust aggregate into building blocks that ultimately form entire planets like our Earth? A research team led by the University of Bern, with the participation of ETH Zurich, the University of Zurich and the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS has provided the first experimental evidence - obtained during parabolic flights in zero gravity - that a key physical process, known as shear-flow instability, actually occurs under conditions similar to those in planet formation regions.

ETH Zurich has been an official partner of the United Nations since 2023. The first projects from this collaboration show how researchers and students can help the UN solve concrete problems.

In 2020, the ICRC, ETH Zurich and EPFL launched Engineering for Humanitarian Action (EHA), an initiative that uses innovative tech and scientific expertise to help those in need.

As dangerous microbes grow harder to control, researchers are exploring new ways to neutralise them using light-activated nanomaterials. Wick and his lab have been grappling with questions of this nature for more than two decades. As a lecturer - and, as of 2023, adjunct professor - at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology, he maintains strong ties to ETH Zurich.

Instead of using more and more concrete and steel, a European research team including Empa is focusing on intelligent shapes, digital manufacturing, and alternative binders.

University of Manchester scientists play key role in discovery of new heavy-proton particle at CERN Scientists from the University of Manchester have played a leading role in the discovery of a new subatomic particle at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The particle, known as the - cc + (Xi-cc-plus), is a new type of heavy proton-like particle containing two charm quarks and one down quark.

A visualisation of voters' choices in the Scottish independence and Brexit referendums has revealed that the country's political landscape is more varied than commonly understood.

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Researchers from Trinity recently launched new universal design guidelines to enhance quality of life, sustainability, and resilience in long-term residential care settings for older people in Ireland.

The REMOPTI project aims to develop an innovative decision-making framework for the energy retrofitting of buildings, integrating a holistic approach that goes beyond traditional methods by explicitly managing uncertainty and risk analysis.

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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are developing new technology that could lower how much energy data centers need to operate, reducing the strain on the energy grid that Americans rely on.

Today, Carnegie Mellon researchers are directly advancing the next generation of energy innovation by helping to design resilient, transportable microreactors.

Long-term study of wild bighorn sheep in Alberta leads to better monitoring of at risk and post-rescue populations Wildlife populations that become small and isolated, often due to habitat loss, inevitably experience inbreeding which can lead to the loss of fitness and eventual extinction.

Political preferences are shaped by the subjects pupils study at school, explains Dr Roland Kappe (UCL Political Science) in an article for The Conversation.

The University of Oxford and Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd. (SII), a Cyrus Poonawalla Group company and the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, have signed an Intellectual Property license agreement to advance the development and manufacture of the ChAdOx1 NipahB vaccine candidate.

This weekend we will be switching to a new system for handling student queries. From 16 March you can track the status of your question or request in your portal.

How does the brain create meaning from the enormous amount of information it constantly receives? According to neuroscientist Martin Vinck, the answer lies in large-scale integration: the way brain areas work together to enable thoughts, attention and consciousness.

A lack of vitamin B2 makes tumour cells more susceptible to a unique form of cell death. This was discovered by researchers at the Rudolf Virchow Centre at the University of Würzburg.

The UK's first comprehensive evaluation of the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in breast cancer screening found that it can increase breast cancer detection by 10.4% and has the potential to reduce the workload of healthcare workers by more than 30% compared to the current clinical process.

The international research campaign COMPEX (Clouds over complex environment) is kicking off with measurement flights over the Arctic and will investigate the properties of clouds over sea ice that cannot be detected by satellites.

Physicist Tobias Heindel uses single quantas of light to make the future internet safer / Insights into current research Prof Tobias Heindel from the Department for Quantum Technology at the Faculty

Quantum computing could be one of the big technological revolutions of the coming decades. EPFL is working on making it accessible and useful for addressing pressing global issues.