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"Communicating with a wider audience has taken me out of my bubble"
Teaching
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Trisha Stewart, 17, is one of around 170 young people doing an apprenticeship at ETH Zurich. She is currently involved in research into the immunology of yeast cells. The third-year biology laboratory assistant has also given online lectures on botany.
Parliament rejects ban on animal and human experimentation
Politics
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The popular initiative against animal and human experimentation did not stand a chance in the summer session of parliament. Both the National Council and the Council of States rejected it without a dissenting vote. The Council of States also wants to discuss the role of science in a crisis in more detail. It has therefore referred a motion on the subject to its Science Committee.
“We have to ask some uncomfortable questions”
Politics
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All human activities affect the landscape and ecology, even if we stop using nuclear energy and rely on renewable energy. Astrid Björnsen led the joint Energy Change Impact research programme of WSL and Eawag. It provides accurate data on the potential and availability of renewable energy in the country.
A cleaner science
Politics
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Science helps us to analyse climate change and to act to limit its effects. But it also contributes to climate change, for example through the many trips scientists make to conferences or to visit colleagues. The institutions of the ETH Domain are committed to reduce their carbon footprint. Here's how.
Science and politics: an exciting relationship
Politics
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The summer session of the National Council and Council of States begins on 31 May. Interesting for the ETH Domain are the popular initiative "Yes to the ban on animal and human experimentation", debates on the relationship between science and politics, and a motion calling for campaigns against harassment at the two Federal Institutes of Technology.
Everything is interconnected – many losses are irreversible
Research
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Biodiversity on Earth is declining dramatically. Eawag has always had a great tradition of supporting research on biodiversity. With modern research approaches and a highly interdisciplinary environment, which is almost the only one of its kind worldwide, it also wants to contribute to ensuring that politics, economy and society have the necessary foundations to understand and preserve biodiversity.
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