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Africa, ETH4Development, Sustainable Development Goals

Installing Breaks on Ghana’s PET Race Car

In some parts of the world, discarded plastic bottles accumulate, as unstoppable as a race car at full throttle. You may place your bets on PET to fight this problem...

7 hours ago

Global, How we learn and work, Robotics, togETHer

Melding of the Minds – Engineer Meets two Artists

Engineering and art often occupy different ends of a spectrum, but this might not be true at all. Here is a story of a collaboration between a student and two artists. ...

1 month ago

Climate change, ETH4Development, Latin America, Sustainable Development Goals

Going nuts in the Amazon

A close encounter with a wild, valuable and potentially vulnerable giant from the Amazon. ...

3 months ago

Africa, ETH4Development, Sustainable Development Goals

Energy access for all: we can make it togETHer!

African sunsets have something special. They always feel unique, intense and bring a fresh wind of hope. ...

4 months ago

Africa, Engineering, ETH4Development

Rwanda: A tale of coffee, art and energy access

They say that new cities bring with them new ideas and new experiences. I had the opportunity to venture to Rwanda’s cultural scene whilst getting some research done. ...

4 months ago

Engineering, Global

From Music to Machines: How Lady Gaga inspired my scientific pursuit of wearable electronics

Here is a story behind The KnittedKeyboard and my view of future textiles that includes a symbiotic relationship between research and manufacturing. ...

4 months ago

Future of Work, South Asia, Sustainable Development Goals

Advancing Science for a Better World

At the Global Young Scientists Summit 2020, PhD students and postdocs met Nobel Laureates and discussed the role of science in improving the state of the world. ...

4 months ago

ETH Studios, Robotics, South Asia

A journey to a different culture

Mechanical engineering student, Tobias Elmiger blogs about his internship in Bangalore with well-known artist, Aparna Rao....

4 months ago

Diversity & Inclusion, Europe

You’re a Unicorn

Renana recently participated as a panelist in the opening lecture event of “Portrait of a (Working) Mother”, an exhibition that was shown at ETH Zurich. ...

5 months ago

Diversity & Inclusion, Europe, Events, Future of Work, Global, Sustainable Development Goals

Portrait of a (Working) Mother

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, ETH Zurich presented a public photo exhibit entitled “Portrait of a (Working) Mother”. ...

5 months ago

Asia-Pacific, Exchange Programme, Sustainable Development Goals

Designing sci-fi electronics in South Korea

Imagine a future where every electronic device can simply degrad into its surroundings at the end of its life – leaving no waste behind. A three-month exchange ...

5 months ago

Asia-Pacific, Climate change

Reducing Air Pollution in China

Swissnex and ETH Alumni Chapter Shanghai hosted Dr Li yonghua, a former visiting scholar at ETH, who analysed energy consumption in China and ways to reduce it. ...

6 months ago

Topics

Installing Breaks on Ghana’s PET Race Car

Melding of the Minds – Engineer Meets two Artists

Going nuts in the Amazon

Energy access for all: we can make it togETHer!

Rwanda: A tale of coffee, art and energy access

From Music to Machines: How Lady Gaga inspired my scientific pursuit of wearable electronics

Advancing Science for a Better World

A journey to a different culture

You’re a Unicorn

Portrait of a (Working) Mother

Designing sci-fi electronics in South Korea

Reducing Air Pollution in China

Office of the President

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