The seeds have germinated Research ETH Zurich For the first time, farmers in the Philippines have cultivated Golden Rice on a larger scale and harvested almost 70 tonnes of grains this October. This nearly never-ending story began at ETH Zurich. International Food sciences Cooperation Further Reading Searching for plastic gobblers in alpine soils WSL Unraveling the secrets of microplastics released by tires EPFL Eawag The Swiss water turnaround: wait and see or take a proactive approach? Eawag Of fusion reactors, fuel cells, and tin cans PSI Monitoring antibiotic resistance in wastewater Eawag Subscribe to our fortnightly newsletter A chip to replace animal testing Research Empa ETH Zurich Empa researchers are developing a medical chip in collaboration with the ETH Zurich and the Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen that will allow statements to be made about the effect of substances on babies in the womb. The Zurich-based ProCare Foundation is funding the project, which was recently launched. Innovation Medicine Health Sciences Steerable soft robots could enhance medical applications Research EPFL Borrowing from methods used to produce optical fibers, researchers from EPFL and Imperial College have created fiber-based soft robots with advanced motion control that integrate other functionalities, such as electric and optical sensing and targeted delivery of fluids. Robotics Technology Medicine Climate action: Methane is our most powerful lever Politics ETH Zurich While the insufficient measures increasingly argue against reaching the 1.5-degree target, we could still achieve it with a rapid reduction in methane emissions, writes Cyril Brunner. Sustainability Nutrition Climatology The ETH Domain strives to strengthen the competitiveness of Switzerland in the long term and contribute to the development of society through excellence in research, teaching and knowledge and technology transfer. Start-ups worth a billion TechTransfer ETH Board 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”.
