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Power and Electrical Engineering

Metalens Breakthrough: Transforming Microscopy and Imaging Tech

Metalenses — flat surfaces that use nanostructures to focus light — are poised to revolutionize everything from microscopy to cameras, sensors, and displays….

Life & Chemistry

Light-Powered Catalyst Converts CO2 to Sustainable Fuel

The concentration of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere is steadily increasing, and many scientists believe that it is causing impacts in our environment….

Physics & Astronomy

Study sheds light on the peculiar 'normal' phase of high-temperature superconductors

Every character has a back story, and so do high-temperature superconductors, which conduct electricity with no loss at much higher temperatures than…

Physics & Astronomy

AI Enhances Real-Time Solar Flare Detection for NOAA Alerts

Computers can learn to find solar flares and other events in vast streams of solar images and help NOAA forecasters issue timely alerts, according to a new…

Environmental Conservation

Corals at Risk: Microplastics Found in Marine Meals

Synthetic clothing, containers, bottles, plastic bags and cosmetics all degrade and release microplastics into the environment. Corals and other marine…

Life & Chemistry

Nanotechnology Innovations: Harnessing Antibodies for Building

Nanotechnology enables the design and fabrication of molecular structures of nanoscale dimensions that hold a great potential for several applications in the…

Materials Sciences

Mapping Energy Transport in Chalcogenide Perovskite Solar Cells

For solar cells to be widely used in the coming decades researchers must resolve two major challenges: increasing efficiency and lowering toxicity.

Life & Chemistry

CF LINK: Advancing Protein Bioconjugation and Structural Proteomics

The company CF Plus Chemicals, an ETH Zurich spin-off founded in 2014, is based on almost ten years of cooperation of the group of Dr. Petr Beier at the…

Information Technology

Enhancing Customer Service with AI: The InfoFormulizer Project

The “InfoFormulizer” project is being coordinated by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Jablonski of the Databases and Information Systems research group. Project partners…

Health & Medicine

New Model Calculates Long-Term Cholesterol Risks for Heart Attack

The study shows that the cholesterol which causes cardiovascular diseases is an excellent predictor of cardiovascular incidents such as heart attacks or…

Materials Sciences

SLAC Scientists Develop Method to Visualize Attosecond Electron Motion

Researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have invented a way to observe the movements of electrons with powerful X-ray…

Life & Chemistry

Molecular Rotation’s Influence on Water Hydrogen Bonds

The physicochemical and biological properties of hydrogen-bonded systems are significantly affected by nuclear quantum effects including zero-point energies of…

Life & Chemistry

New Electrospun Fiber Treatment for Brain Tumors

A novel engineering process can deliver a safe and effective dose of medicine for brain tumors without exposing patients to toxic side effects from traditional…

Medical Engineering

Focused ultrasound may open door to Alzheimer's treatment

There currently is no effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease, the most common cause of dementia. The blood-brain barrier, a network of blood vessels and…

Physics & Astronomy

Illuminating the path for super-resolution imaging with improved rhodamine dyes

Recent years have witnessed a rapid evolution of advanced fluorescence imaging techniques, such as single-molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) that allows…

Life & Chemistry

A window into evolution

Laboratory research is the possibly best-known driving force for advancement in science. However, when it comes to investigating evolutionary processes, lab…

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