News
The following feed highlights activities and achievements of scientists from the MaP community.
[Nature] Electroluminescent photoresists extending lithographic scaling to OLEDs
We present advanced molecular design strategies enabling a new class of functional materials "Electroluminescent Photoresists" (ELPRs): making the traditionally templating photoresists intrinsically electroluminescent!
Bruno Studer, when will we see drought-tolerant CRISPR crops in Swiss fields?
The EU has introduced new legislation for plants developed using new genomic techniques. If Switzerland were to follow a different path, it would increase red tape and make it harder to exchange plant material for research, breeding and agriculture, says ETH professor Bruno Studer.
Apertus partners with Proton’s Lumo AI assistant
The Apertus team, a group of researchers at EPFL, ETH Zurich, and the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS), partners with Swiss technology company Proton to make Apertus 1.5 available in Lumo, Proton’s AI assistant. This enables the researchers to gain direct feedback from real-world use for the first time.
Self-supervised learning for robust structural damage identification
Our new study, in collaboration with Kistler, introduces a label-free self-supervised learning framework that distinguishes damage-related changes in structural vibrations from variations caused by changing operational and environmental conditions.
Robotic help in high-risk twin pregnancies
When rigid instruments reach their limits, magnetic fields provide welcome assistance: researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a robotic platform designed to make procedures for complications in twin pregnancies safer, more manageable and more precise.
The Computational Nanoelectronics group goes to CERN!
We had a sunny group trip to CERN, and got to go down to see the ATLAS detector 🙂. Learnt a bit about collider physics, in the past, present, and what it might be like in future.
Microfluidics meets infection research at the EMBO practical course
Interdisciplinary training for next-generation infection models
Nicola Spaldin to receive the 2026 Von Hippel Award
The Materials Research Society has named Nicola Spaldin as the recipient of the 2026 Von Hippel Award, the Society’s highest honour.
ETH and EPFL join forces in learning sciences research
A new center founded by ETH and EPFL seeks to connect learning sciences researchers more closely with Swiss schools. ETH neuroscientist Emily Cross discusses how this integration will be accomplished and why learning should always involve effort – despite AI.
Novel Particle Beam Could Challenge Einstein’s Theory of Gravity
Researchers at ETH Zurich and the Paul Scherrer Institute have produced an intense, cold beam of exotic atoms. They aim to use this to test a fundamental principle of Einstein’s theory of gravity – the universality of free fall.
