October 2022
Featuring the best of ETH Zurich in the news and media from journalists around the globe.
Something Violently Shook the Surface of Mars. It Came From Space.
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Financial Times, 27 October 2022, call_made (subscription may be required)
BBC, 27 October 2022, call_made
New Scientist, 27 October 2022, call_made
Space.com, 27 October 2022, call_made
The Guardian, 28 October 2022, call_made
TechPost and Science, 27 October 2022, call_made
Washington Post, 27 October 2022, call_made (subscription may be required)
Business Insider, 28 October 2022, call_made
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The Netherlands may be the first country to hit the limits of growth
"...The Netherlands was too well-suited to the era of globalisation. The trading nation with Europe’s biggest port experienced 26 years of unbroken economic growth until 2008, then a world record. Now it tops call_made
Silkworms Spin a Potential Microplastics Substitute
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Scientists grow human brain cells in rats to study diseases
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CBS News, 12 October 2022, call_made
ABC News, 12 October 2022, call_made
ABS CBN News, 13 October 2022, call_made
Yahoo! News, 12 October 2022, call_made
Archynetys, 8 October 2022, call_made
Neuroscience, 7 October 2022, call_made
News Medical Life Sciences, 7 October 2022, call_made
Laboratory News (UK), 10 October 2022, call_made
Natural News, 20 October 2022, call_made
The Mining Journal, 20 October 2022, call_made
University leaders clash over future of research collaboration
University leaders have clashed over the future shape of cross-border research collaborations in the wake of mounting global geopolitical uncertainty, including that caused by the war in Ukraine...Jcall_made
What is the 'man in the moon' and how did it form?
Unstable orbits for the early solar system's various planets and space rocks meant that gravity was flinging objects everywhere, call_made
How much of right-wing opposition to vaccination was Fox News’s fault?
Research published last week, though, identifies a likely role for another prominent voice on the political right: Fox News. call_made
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WCPT 820 - Chicago, 8 October 2022, and numerous regional radio broadcasts.
NASA’s InSight Waits Out Dust Storm
call_made But the drop in solar power does not leave enough energy to completely charge the batteries every sol. At the current rate of discharge, the lander would be able to operate only for several weeks. So to conserve energy, the mission will turn off InSight’s seismometer for the next two weeks.
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SciTech Daily, 13 October 2022, call_made
Climate Change Made Summer Hotter and Drier Worldwide, Study Finds
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Associated Press, 6 October 2022, call_made
Scientific American, 6 October 2022, call_made
ABC News, 6 October 2022, call_made
The Guardian, 5 October 2022, call_made
Earth.com, 6 October 2022, call_made
Politico Europe, 5 October 2022, call_made
PBS News Hour, 5 October 2022, call_made
Seattle Times, 5 October 2022, call_made
CGTN, 6 October 2022, call_made
GMA (via Agence France Press), 6 October 2022, call_made
Yahoo News, 6 October 2022, call_made
Mother Nature News, 6 Oct 2022, call_made
104.5WOKV Jacksonville (Radio), 6 October 2022, call_made
Nature World News, 8 October 2022, call_made
AXIOS, 6 October 2022, call_made
CNN, 6 October 2022, call_made
...and numerous regional newspapers, radio, and digital publications in the UK and US.
Making tumor diagnosis kinder to kidneys
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, in collaboration with ETH Zurich, have optimized a method for tumor diagnosis using radionuclides. Potential side-effects can now be significantly reduced through a molecular trick.
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News Medical Life Sciences, 5 october 2022, call_made
Archynetys, 5 October 2022, call_made
AlphaGalileo, 4 October 2022, call_made
Newsbreak, 5 October 2022, call_made
Technology Networks, 12 October 2022, call_made
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