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Environment

Tiny ice quakes take place in one of Greenland’s mightiest ice streams

Pranjal Malewar

Ice streams move due to tiny ice quakes.

Disappointed guy need lose weight showing fat belly
Biology

Obese and healthy: A new atlas of cells in fat tissue

Pranjal Malewar

It could explain why some overweight people stay healthy, while others do not.

A white object with diamonds on it
Biology

Bones respond positively to external forces

Pranjal Malewar

The way for developing new therapies that may one day benefit patients suffering from bone fractures.

Scientists working with microscope
Science

Its high: Global survey reveals public trust in science

Pranjal Malewar

The largest post-pandemic study.

WASP-132 system
Space

Not all Hot Jupiters orbit alone

Amit Malewar

This discovery overturns our perception of the architecture of planetary systems.

Pic du Midi mountain
Environment

Living organisms influence the distribution of Arsenic than previously thought

Pranjal Malewar

Interpreting traces of arsenic in rain.

Earth's lower mantle
Earth

Are there lost worlds in earth’s interior?

Amit Malewar

This indicates the presence of zones of rocks that are colder.

Trees on field against sky
Science

Agricultural trade is three times more harmful to biodiversity

Ashwini Sakharkar

Agricultural exports from 1995 to 2022 affected land use changes in the producing countries.

Environment

International agricultural trade has caused 90 percent biodiversity loss

Jay Kakade

Biodiversity loss due to agricultural trade three times higher than previously thought.

xldot 3D mapping
Technology

3D mapping of material microstructure at the nanoscale

Ashwini Sakharkar

New X-ray-technique to probe the 3D orientation of a material's building blocks at the nanoscale.

A thinner material for insulating buildings
Science

A new material insulate buildings more efficiently

Jay Kakade

This new insulation has an energy-saving effect and is significantly thinner than conventional materials.

flower-like zinc oxide
Health

A special class of particles delivers medicine through the bloodstream

Pranjal Malewar

Delivering medicines with microscopic flowers.

Satellite in space orbits Earth and shoots a laser beam
Technology

Scientists reach 424 Gbit/s data speed in space transmission

Jay Kakade

With a significant growing interest and investment from government and private agencies, space exploration appears to be an ever-widening field. However, large distances pose quite...

When it comes to corporate climate action, a single policy isn’t enough
Science

Corporate climate action: The key to effective climate strategies

PLOS

Data shows investors should consider companies with a range of climate policies.

Ioanna Tsimouri has invented a damping yet rigid laminate that she drops for testing.
Science

ETH researchers create a stiff material that stops vibrations and noise

Ashwini Sakharkar

New composite material combines two incompatible properties.

round amplifier disk
Technology

Researchers set a new record for the strongest ultra-short laser pulses

Jay Kakade

Unleashing Unprecedented Power

One-way street for sound waves
Physics

Scientists managed to make sound waves travel only in one direction

Amit Malewar

One-way street for sound waves.

The robotic leg jumps across different terrains.
Robotics

Artificial muscle-powered robotic leg jumps across different terrains

Amit Malewar

Artificial muscles propel a robotic leg to walk and jump.

Health

Billions of combined molecules yield new pharmaceutical substances

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Pharmaceutical researchers usually find new active substances by searching through many chemical compounds.

Image showing Young woman has neck pain
Health

Distinguishing between physical and mental causes of pain

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Physical issues often cause severe pain, but emotional and social factors can affect how we feel and respond to it.

Where's the water
Space

Planets contain more water than thought

Amit Malewar

Magma soup with water and iron.

Long-lasting volcanism has significantly warmed the climate in the Earth's history
Environment

Plants can take millions of years to recover from global warming

Ashwini Sakharkar

Researchers reveal the long-term climate effects of disturbed natural ecosystems.

Ice on the black beach
Environment

How climate change is altering the Earth’s rotation and day length

Ashwini Sakharkar

The speed of rotation will now also depend much more on the climate.

Innovative battery design: more energy and less environmental impact.
Technology

New battery design promises more energy and less environmental impact

Ashwini Sakharkar

It could significantly boost the range of electric vehicles.

First meteoroid impact detected by NASA’s InSight mission; the image was taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter using its High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera.
Space

Basketball-sized meteorite hit Mars almost daily

Amit Malewar

Seismological data from NASA's Mars InSight lander to derive a new impact rate for meteorite strikes on Mars.

Electron vortices in graphene detected
Physics

Researchers detect electron vortices in Graphene at room temperature

Amit Malewar

The discovery could help in studying other exotic electron transport effects.

A new generative AI
AI & Machine Learning

A generative AI develops drug molecules based on the 3D surface of proteins

Pranjal Malewar

Generating active pharmaceutical ingredients quickly and easily.

Bacteria that feed on methanol
Invention

ETH Zurich engineered E. coli bacteria for future climate-neutral chemicals

Pranjal Malewar

Versatile production platform.

gold nugget
Invention

Scientists recovered gold from electronic waste

Amit Malewar

Turning waste into gold

Test set-​up with which the researchers tested how lime crystals adhere to different surfaces.
Invention

Limescale-repellent coating to improve thermal power plant efficiency

Ashwini Sakharkar

A hydrogel-based coating that effectively prevents the adhesion of limescale.

Recent Stories

Romantic relationships: Certain types of playfulness are linked to more secure attachment styles

Psychology

eaSEL: A system to promote social-emotional learning and parent-child interaction

AI & Machine Learning

The hidden struggle: Microbial warfare within your gut

Biology

Mitochondria: A way to cut Diabetes

Biology

Dark matter dominating halos of supermassive black holes 13 billion light-years away

Space