Interview
“Scientists can never make statements with 100% certainty”
Politics
EPFL
EPFL professor Jacques Fellay, who served on the Swiss National Covid-19 Science Task Force, has been selected for a new advisory committee that the government set up recently so policymakers and scientists can continue their joint efforts.
“Switzerland could play a key role in quantum technology”
Research
ETH Zurich
ETH Professor Klaus Ensslin spent 12 years at the helm of the National Centre of Competence in Research “Quantum Science and Technology”. As the programme prepares to wind down at the end of this year, we spoke to him about scientific breakthroughs and Switzerland’s role in quantum research.
Playgrounds in the universe
Research
ETH Zurich
Nobel laureate and astrophysicist Didier Queloz and earth scientist Cara Magnabosco on the origin of life on Earth, complex life beyond our planet, and the inevitable end of every life.
Preparing for energy shortages and blackouts
Research
PSI
Peter Burgherr is head of the Technology Assessment Group at the PSI Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis. He and his team analyse technologies and scenarios for a sustainable energy future. He takes a rational view of possible power shortages in the coming winter and offers some helpful suggestions.
Dürer goes digital
Teaching
ETH Zurich
The Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich has digitised over 50,000 artworks and made them freely accessible. Linda Schädler, Head of the Graphische Sammlung, explains in an interview why she hopes to do the same with the remaining 110,000.
“We need an energy shock”
Politics
ETH Zurich
We all understand the importance of energy security. To maintain it, we need to chart the right course. But how can we know what that is?
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