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A bionanomachine for green chemistry
ETH Professor Volodymyr Korkhov has contributed to the structural elucidation of an enzyme.
“The term ‘Alpine fallow lands’ was a provocation”
Sociology professor Christian Schmid will retire this year. In the interview, he looks back on his time at the ETH Studio Basel, which sparked discussions with the book and whose publications will be freely available online as Open Access from May.
“The image of Heidi's Switzerland will change and there will be new natures”
Climate change leads to more landslides and flooding. ETH professor Martina Voser is investigating how landscape architecture can respond to this in the sandbox, on the computer and in dialogue with the population.
ETH Zurich sells district heating to the City of Zurich
The City of Zurich intends to take over ETH’s district heating system in the Zentrum area. With the sale, ETH is strengthening its focus and is drawing a line under a situation that has developed over time.
Substantial global cost of climate inaction
Pioneering study reveals that limiting global warming to 1.5?C could reduce the global economic costs of climate change by two thirds. If warming continues to 3?C, global GDP will decrease by up to 10 percent - with the worst impacts in less developed countries.