Their names are Marianne Liebi Adrian Wanner. Two young researchers who make the nanostructure of macroscopic samples, such as bones or brain tissue, visible in three dimensions using high-resolution images.

Empa researchers have developed novel materials made of carbon that exploit quantum effects to exhibit previously unattainable electronic and magnetic properties. The Werner Siemens Foundation is providing the CarboQuant project with a grant of CHF 15 million. Graphene, nanotechnology and quantum science are now widely used at Empa.

Professor of number theory Maryna Viazovska has solved a mathematical problem that has stumped researchers for centuries. This achievement brought her recognition with the Fields Medal, which is something like a “Nobel Prize for Mathematics”.

The institutions of the ETH Domain produce around 60 spin-offs each year. Among them, five are valued at over one billion dollars. Here is an introduction to these five “unicorns”.

The Swiss energy system is expected to be climate-neutral by 2050. The key to this is science: CO2 can be converted by electrolysis into raw materials for chemicals or synthetic fuels and the cost of a fossil-free energy system can be calculated using modelling.

Matthias Saurer is a physicist and heads the WSL isotope laboratory where complex measuring procedures are used to determine plants’ isotope ratios. These provide answers to questions about the nutrient and water balance in forests, for example, and provide important foundations for environmental and climate research.

Anna Kiesenhofer has a doctorate in mathematics and was doing research as a postdoc at EPFL on partial differential equations when she qualified for the cycling road race at the Olympic Games in Tokyo and won the gold medal in sensational fashion. She sees parallels between mathematics and cycling which were instrumental in her success.   

Cyanobacteria are ancient organisms. The most varied types of shells without a core, which, at high density in warm waters, can secrete complex substances and also toxins. Some are toxic to both humans and animals. Elisabeth Janssen is on the trail of these natural toxins: applied research, the results of which can be incorporated into water protection or water management.

Quantum physics has a long tradition at ETH Zurich. Now it is further expanding its teaching and research activities. Around 150 students are completing the novel Master’s degree programme in Quantum Engineering, there is a “Quantum Center” and quantum computers are to be built in the ETHZ-PSI Quantum Computing Hub.

Failing to perform an experiment, considering the wrong hypothesis, having a paper rejected: failure is not only normal in science, it is also essential for cutting-edge research. What is the experience of researchers in the ETH Domain with this sensitive topic?

A pan-European initiative launched at the behest of the Swiss and British research communities calls for the two countries to be rapidly reintegrated into European science.

What are the institutions of the ETH Domain doing to reduce the CO2 emissions of their buildings? An overview shows: quite a lot, from anergy and waste heat to district heating and photovoltaics.

Gemeinsame Initiativen sind grosse Projekte in Zusammenarbeit zwischen den Institutionen des ETH-Bereichs und/oder externen Partnern. Ihr Thema bezieht sich auf eine der vom ETH-Rat festgelegten strategischen Schwerpunkte.

Con le sue due università tecniche e i suoi quattro istituti di ricerca, il settore dei PF contribuisce alla prosperità della Svizzera ed eleva il Paese al rango di grande nazione scientifica. I finanziamenti insufficienti approvati dal Confederazione per il periodo 2025-2028 compromettono questo modello di successo.

Il Consiglio dei PF si compone di un presidente e di dieci ulteriori membri, tutti eletti dal Consiglio federale. In qualità di collegio il Consiglio dei PF dispone delle competenze politiche, scientifiche, economiche, finanziarie e giuridiche necessarie per assicurare lo sviluppo sostenibile del Settore dei PF.

The main goals of this measure are the standardization, federation, or mutualization of existing services and infrastructure across the ETH Domain. It also aims to improve interoperability of existing services and fil gaps, considering the full data lifecycle: data (1) planning, (2) acquisition, (3) processing and analysis, (4) publication and re-use, (5) long-term preservation, (6) disposal. As a starting point, a survey of existing ORD services and infrastructure was conducted. Please see here the result of the landscape analysis.

An seiner Sitzung vom 13. Juli 2022 bewilligte der ETH-Rat «Gemeinsame Initiativen» der Institutionen des ETH-Bereichs zu «Energie, Klima und ökologischer Nachhaltigkeit» sowie zu «Engagement und Dialog mit der Gesellschaft». Damit stärkt der ETH-Rat Aktivitäten im Rahmen der «Strategischen Schwerpunkte» des ETH-Bereichs, die er in seiner Strategie 2025–2028 definiert hat.

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The primary goal of the measure is to support ETH researchers to engage in, and develop ORD practices and to become ORD leaders in their fields.Its secondary goal — in synergy with Measure 2 — is to strengthen the connections between research communities and services and infrastructures providers. For any questions relative to the calls, please contact:For technical issues: EPFL ReO, Esther van der Velde – research@epfl.ch.For further information: Eawag: Damien Bouffard Empa: Michele Griffa EPFL: Arne Seitz ETH Zurich: openscience@sl.ethz.ch PSI: Uwe Filges WSL: Veruska Muccione   The calls are along three different tracks: Explore projects will allow early phase exploration, testing and prototyping of what an ORD practice could be like. They will enable starting to engage with a community without necessarily building up something definitive. The aim is to help our researchers to explore if ORD practices can be developed and how. The first Explore call was closed mid-April 2022. The second and final call is open. Click here to access the Explore projects application guidelines - Next deadline: 29 February 2024 Click here to access the Application Portal – please note that the call is hosted on the EPFL Applicant Portal. Should you have an account, please use it. If not, please create one before applying. Financed Projects: Call 1 - deadline 14th April 2022 Establish projects will allow to establish ORD practices that are already existing, with a research agenda and a common understanding about ORD practices. It would give the possibility to bring it to the next level, improve its scope, and develop projects that can become the de facto standards in a community and raise the quality level.  Deadline: closed The Establish call was closed on 28 July 2022.Financed Projects Contribute projects will help researchers to contribute to existing open communities built around ORD. They will validate their integration with existing infrastructures (including international ones) and focus on their potential to advance the scientific impact of the field as well as their technical quality. Click here to access the Contribute projects application guidelines - Next deadline: 12 December 2023 Click here to access the Application Portal – please note that the call is hosted on the EPFL Applicant Portal. Should you have an account, please use it. If not, please create one before applying. Financed Projects: Call 1 – deadline 1st April 2022Call 2 – deadline 28 July 2022Call 3 – deadline 12 December 2022Call 4 – deadline 31 March 2023 Conflict of interest guidance that is used during the evaluation of the proposals. 

Nell’ambito dell’obbligo di rendiconto annuale nei confronti della Confederazione, il Consiglio dei PF illustra vari aspetti dello sviluppo del Settore dei PF. Il rapporto di gestione annuale è un’autovalutazione del Settore dei PF da parte del Consiglio dei PF e contiene un rendiconto dell’impiego dei contributi finanziari annuali della Confederazione. Tale rapporto, incentrato sugli obiettivi del mandato di prestazioni, viene presentato al Consiglio federale. È tuttavia destinato anche al Parlamento e al pubblico interessato.

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