November 2022
Featuring the best of ETH Zurich in the news and media from journalists around the globe.
Astronomers Directly Image a Jupiter-Sized Planet Orbiting a Sunlike Star
call_made She was joined by astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO), the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), the Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy, the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and multiple observatories and universities.
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PHYS.org, 30 November 2022, call_made
Parkinson's: The distinctive shape of some proteins may aid early diagnosis
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Parkinson's News Today, 30 November 2022, call_made
Futurity, 28 November 2022, call_made
IFL Science, 28 November 2022, call_made
Archynetys, 28 November 2022, call_made
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Technology Networks, 28 November 2022, call_made
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Neuroscience News, 25 November 2022, call_made
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A transformer robot designed for last-mile delivery
call_made His four-legged and wheeled robot is able to change shape within seconds, overcome steps and navigate between indoor and outdoor environments. It's hoped the bot, which can travel up to 20 kilometres an hour and carry 50 kilograms, has the potential to serve as a member of search-and-rescue teams in the future.
Selling nature in order to save it?
If biodiversity is measured, we need to ensure that the complex structure of the whole ecosystem is being factored in, and not just the individual parts (such as single species). Otherwise, we will miss critical aspects of ecosystem integrity such as phylogenetics, food webs, functional traits and others which are required for the whole system to regenerate and thrive. call_made
Mars was covered in a huge 300-meter-deep ocean filled with life-forming amino acids
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ScienceAlert, 28 November 2022, call_made
Knowridge Science Report, 27 November 2022, call_made
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Universe Today, 25 November 2022, call_made
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Europe's highest ranked universities: Which countries have performed the best in the Global Top 100?
In 2023, 36 of the Global Top 100 universities will be in Europe. This is a significant increase from 28 universities since the Times Higher Education’s 2011 World University Rankings report was released...call_made
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Times Higher Education, 16 November 2022, call_made
The Future of Insulation
A team at...ETH Zurich in Switzerland has devised a method to produce lightweight porous foams from a variety of industrial waste. The researchers, who have since launched the call_made
From Devil’s Breath
In 2017, a huge, devastating wildfire swept over a vast area of Portugal...One of the reasons it was able to spread so fast and wide were the non-native eucalyptus monoculture plantations that got caught in flames...call_made
Climate Change Monitoring: Cube4EnvSec Growing
NATO has launched a new multiyear Science for Peace and Security Programme project named Cube4EnvSec which aims at exploiting Big Earth Datacube Analytics for transnational security and environment protection. call_made
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Geo Connexion, 9 November 2022, call_made
Businesses’ deforestation pledges in Brazil have not stopped forest clearing
Futurity, 2 November 2022, call_made
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ScienceDaily, 28 October 2022, call_made
The Beet, 3 November 2022, call_made
South Africa Today, 3 November 2022, call_made
3 tragedies in Asia take hundreds of lives in 1 month
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The Washington Post, 29 October 2022, call_made
Hindustan Times / Deutsche Welle, Dehli, 3 November 2022, call_made
Archynetys, 2 November 2022, call_made
Fox44 News (Seoul), 1 November 2022, call_made
ANCX, 4 November 2022, call_made
Claims Journal, 3 November 2022, call_made
Taiwan News, 1 November 2022, call_made
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The Telegraph, 4 November 2022, call_made
Volcanic Activity and Low Ocean Oxygen Events Linked to Climate Warming and Rapid Ice Melt During Last Ice Age, Study Finds
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AZO Cleantech, 3 November 2022, call_made
PHYS.org, 2 November 2022, call_made
Forbes, 3 November 2022, call_made
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The Corvallis Advocate, 3 November 2022, call_made
Verve Times, 4 November 2022, call_made
Tillamook Headlight Herald, 8 November 2022, call_made
The Chronicle, 8 November 2022, call_made
The News Guard, 11 November 2022, call_made
The World Link, 21 November 2022, call_made
Cosmos, 25 November 2022, call_made
NASA Prepares to Say 'Farewell' to InSight Spacecraft
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Scientific American, 28 October 2022, call_made
SpaceRef, 1 November 2022, call_made
JPL, 1 November 2022, call_made
Archynewsy, 4 November 2022, call_made
Outdoor Enthusiast Magazine, 2 November 2022, call_made
Aerotech News, 3 November 2022, call_made
NewsBeezer, 2 November 2022, call_made
Inferse, 20 November 2022, call_made
Deep Rumbles on Mars Hint at Volcanic Magma Seething Below The Surface
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Universe Today, 4 November 2022, call_made
EarthSky, 3 November 2022, call_made
SciTech Daily, 4 November 2022, call_made
Archynewsy, 3 November 2022, call_made
Mother Nature News, 3 November 2022, call_made
The Science Times, 2 November 2022, call_made
SpaceRef, 29 October 2022, call_made
IFL Science, 28 October 2022, call_made
ZME Science, 28 October 2022, call_made
Futurity, 28 October 2022, call_made
Cosmos Magazine, 9 November 2022, call_made
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Researchers found a way to fight tumors with magnetic bacteria
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BGR, 7 November 2022, call_made
Physics World, 8 November 2022, call_made
BioWorld, 7 November 2022, call_made
INVERSE, 3 November 2022, call_made
News Tech Ok, 3 November 2022, call_made
Newsbreak, 13 November 2022, call_made
Health Inovations, 11 Novemver 2022, call_made
Robohub, 19 November 2022, call_made
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Industry Update, 30 November 2022, call_made
SciTech Daily, 30 November 2022, call_made
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