New Project ValueGrass

We received funding for the project 'Portfolio management to value grassland ecosystem goods and services in Swiss agriculture (ValueGrass)'.

06.07.2016 by Robert Finger

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How data provided by fitness trackers and smartphones can help people with MS

A person's hand is visible, wearing a smartwatch and holding a walking stick.

Monitoring and treating a case of multiple sclerosis requires reliable and long-term data on how the disease is progressing in the person in question. Fitness trackers and smartphones can supply this data, as a research team led by ETH Zurich has now shown.

17.04.2024

Twisted pollen tubes induce infertility

Plants with multiple sets of chromosomes have advantages over their relatives with a double set. But why they often start out infertile was only partially understood. Biologists at ETH Zurich have now discovered a new reason for the initial difficulties.

16.04.2024

Tropical forests can't recover naturally without fruit eating birds

Natural forest regeneration is hailed as a cost-effective way to restore biodiversity and sequester carbon. However, the fragmentation of tropical forests has restricted the movement of large birds limiting their capacity to disperse seeds and restore healthy forests.

15.04.2024

Artificial augmented creativity: A new era of art

Artificial intelligence is transforming the way in which art is created and experienced. Are we at the beginning of a new artistic revolution? Or at the end of creativity as we know it? Adrian Christopher Notz puts things in perspective.

12.04.2024 2

Using a hopping robot for asteroid exploration

As part of the SpaceHopper project, ETH Zurich students are developing a robot that can navigate very low gravity environments using a jumping-like mode of locomotion.

11.04.2024