Deborah Kyburz
@deborahkyburz.bsky.social
Editorial and Consulting Manager at ETH Zurich Corporate Communications
It might look like a simple material experiment at first glance, as a brief ultrasound stimulation induces a thin strip of silicone to start bending and arching. It's a new class of artificial muscles: flexible membranes that respond to ultrasound with the help of thousands of microbubbles.
ETH Zurich researchers create ultrasound-controlled #Artificial #Muscles with microbubbles for future #Medical and technical uses. Read the article here: ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
October 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
It might look like a simple material experiment at first glance, as a brief ultrasound stimulation induces a thin strip of silicone to start bending and arching. It's a new class of artificial muscles: flexible membranes that respond to ultrasound with the help of thousands of microbubbles.
What happens when an enzyme encounters a potential active ingredient that is supposed to inhibit or activate the enzyme? This is precisely what drug development is all about. Analysing the interaction of an enzyme with an active ingredient molecule, however, is extremely complex.
Thanks to a new method, researchers at ETH Zurich can produce tens of thousands of tiny droplets within minutes. This enables them to test enzymes and active ingredients faster, more precisely and in a more resource-efficient manner than previously.
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Developing drugs – with tens of thousands of miniscule droplets on a small glass plate
A glass plate, a delicate tube and an oil bath are all that is required: thanks to a new method, researchers at ETH Zurich can produce tens of thousands of tiny droplets within minutes. This enables t...
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October 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
What happens when an enzyme encounters a potential active ingredient that is supposed to inhibit or activate the enzyme? This is precisely what drug development is all about. Analysing the interaction of an enzyme with an active ingredient molecule, however, is extremely complex.
The Energy Science Center is an interdisciplinary centre of excellence that promotes energy research and teaching at the university. It aims to facilitate the deployment of a sustainable energy system that is environmentally friendly, reliable, low risk, economically viable and socially compatible.
The #Energy #Science Center at ETH is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Executive Director Christian Schaffner takes a look back at the Center’s beginnings, the key moments, and the current challenges. He also explains why the upcoming Energy Week is more than just a professional event.
“Energy challenges can only be tackled by working together”
The Energy Science Center at ETH Zurich is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Executive Director Christian Schaffner sits down with us to take a look back at the Center’s beginnings, the key moments, a...
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October 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The Energy Science Center is an interdisciplinary centre of excellence that promotes energy research and teaching at the university. It aims to facilitate the deployment of a sustainable energy system that is environmentally friendly, reliable, low risk, economically viable and socially compatible.
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Students at ETH Zurich have developed a laser power bed fusion machine that is able to process multiple metals at once. The system significantly reduces manufacturing time and opens up new possibilities for aerospace and industry.
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Students develop novel multi-metal 3D printing process
Students at ETH Zurich have developed a laser power bed fusion machine that follows a circular tool path to print round components, thereby being able to process multiple metals at once. The system si...
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September 3, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Students at ETH Zurich have developed a laser power bed fusion machine that is able to process multiple metals at once. The system significantly reduces manufacturing time and opens up new possibilities for aerospace and industry.
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EPFL, ETH Zurich, and CSCS today released Apertus, Switzerland's first large-scale, multilingual language model (LLM). As a fully open LLM, it serves as a building block for developers and organizations to create their own applications.
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Apertus: a fully open, transparent, multilingual language model
EPFL, ETH Zurich and the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) released Apertus today, Switzerland’s first large-scale, open, multilingual language model — a milestone in generative AI for trans...
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September 2, 2025 at 9:07 AM
EPFL, ETH Zurich, and CSCS today released Apertus, Switzerland's first large-scale, multilingual language model (LLM). As a fully open LLM, it serves as a building block for developers and organizations to create their own applications.
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The programme of the aviation lecture series now has an inter-disciplinary and inter-departmental focus. We have mechanical engineering students, construction and spatial planners, electrical engineers, IT engineers, environmental scientists, chemists. Read the interview and learn more about it!
The lecture series on aviation began over ten years ago. Today, it is one of the largest of its kind in Europe. Lecturer and initiator Peter Wild explains how it all began and how the course paves the way for students to enter the profession.
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“We’re not just training people, we’re connecting them with the aviation industry”
The lecture series on aviation began over ten years ago. Today, it is one of the largest of its kind in Europe. Lecturer and initiator Peter Wild explains how it all began and how the course paves the...
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August 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The programme of the aviation lecture series now has an inter-disciplinary and inter-departmental focus. We have mechanical engineering students, construction and spatial planners, electrical engineers, IT engineers, environmental scientists, chemists. Read the interview and learn more about it!
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a method to spatially visualise the handedness of nanoscale structures in an image more efficiently than previously. This could help to analyse and understand biological samples, materials and active substances in a more targeted manner in the future.
How do left-handed and right-handed molecules differ? Researchers at ETH Zurich are using a new imaging method to visualise what was previously only measurable as an average, opening up new possibilities for biology and materials science.
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Left-handed or right-handed? Nanostructures identified by light
How do left-handed and right-handed molecules differ? Researchers at ETH Zurich are using a new imaging method to visualise what was previously only measurable as an average, opening up new possibilit...
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August 6, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a method to spatially visualise the handedness of nanoscale structures in an image more efficiently than previously. This could help to analyse and understand biological samples, materials and active substances in a more targeted manner in the future.
ETH start-up Immunosponge is developing a granular hydrogel that selectively captures inflammatory signals from chronic wounds while also actively promoting healing. The hydrogel-based wound dressing can be customised for individual patient groups and adapted to different types of tissue.
Chronic wounds are burdening healthcare systems with billions of dollars in costs every year. Börte Emiroglu ,
@ethmavt.bsky.social, is developing a new product: a selective, sponge-like hydrogel that reduces inflammatory signals and actively promotes healing.
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@ethmavt.bsky.social, is developing a new product: a selective, sponge-like hydrogel that reduces inflammatory signals and actively promotes healing.
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Intelligent wound dressing controls inflammation
Chronic wounds are a major medical challenge, burdening healthcare systems with billions of dollars in costs every year. Pioneer Fellow Börte Emiroglu is developing a new product: a selective, sponge-...
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July 4, 2025 at 8:03 AM
ETH start-up Immunosponge is developing a granular hydrogel that selectively captures inflammatory signals from chronic wounds while also actively promoting healing. The hydrogel-based wound dressing can be customised for individual patient groups and adapted to different types of tissue.
Fibrosis is the progressive scarring and hardening of tissues and organs. A new toolkit can diagnose fibrotic processes early. The diagnostic agent fluoresces in the presence of an active enzyme that is typical of fibrosis – thereby making early diagnosis and timely treatment initiation possible.
Giuseppe Antoniazzi is developing a diagnostic toolkit that gives early warning of fibrotic diseases. In doing so, this Pioneer Fellow wishes to contribute to the early detection of tissue scarring, which is usually noticed too late and can barely be halted.
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Making fibrosis visible – before it’s too late
Giuseppe Antoniazzi is developing a diagnostic toolkit that gives early warning of fibrotic diseases. In doing so, this Pioneer Fellow wishes to contribute to the early detection of tissue scarring, w...
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July 2, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Fibrosis is the progressive scarring and hardening of tissues and organs. A new toolkit can diagnose fibrotic processes early. The diagnostic agent fluoresces in the presence of an active enzyme that is typical of fibrosis – thereby making early diagnosis and timely treatment initiation possible.
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a human model of lactating breast tissue using 3D printing and breast milk cells. The cells in the tissue model produced components of human milk. This model is designed to help better understand the processes involved in lactation.
Researchers at ETH Zurich are developing a model in the lab made from human breast milk cells. They hope it will help them understand how breast milk is made – a little-researched area of female biology.
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Building breast tissue in the lab to better understand lactation
Researchers at ETH Zurich are developing a model in the lab made from human breast milk cells. They hope it will help them understand how breast milk is made – a little-researched area of female biolo...
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June 25, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a human model of lactating breast tissue using 3D printing and breast milk cells. The cells in the tissue model produced components of human milk. This model is designed to help better understand the processes involved in lactation.
Knowledge grows through dialogue: we learn by explaining and understand by listening. ETH helps facilitate this process – in continuing education, in vocational training and at the science-policy interface.
Learning isn’t confined to lecture halls, labs and seminar rooms. It also thrives on dialogue, collaboration and shared experiences. In fact, learning is a reciprocal process that relies on the sharing of ideas and experience. Find out how ETH helps facilitate this process: ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
Learning from each other
Knowledge grows through dialogue: we learn by explaining and understand by listening. ETH helps facilitate this process – in continuing education, in vocational training and at the science-policy inte...
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June 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Knowledge grows through dialogue: we learn by explaining and understand by listening. ETH helps facilitate this process – in continuing education, in vocational training and at the science-policy interface.
Medical research accounts for a considerable amount of the animal experimentation, particularly when it comes to developing and testing new therapies and medical devices. Thanks to Swiss Vascular’s silicone models, it is possible to practise procedures and test medical devices in the lab.
The ETH spin-off Swiss Vascular has developed anatomically exact silicone models of cerebral vessels. This reduces animal testing and improves medical training for complex medical interventions. ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
Practising medicine on a lifelike silicone model
An ETH spin-off, Swiss Vascular, has developed anatomically exact silicone models of cerebral vessels. Through this development, researchers will not only reduce the amount of animal experimentation r...
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June 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Medical research accounts for a considerable amount of the animal experimentation, particularly when it comes to developing and testing new therapies and medical devices. Thanks to Swiss Vascular’s silicone models, it is possible to practise procedures and test medical devices in the lab.
Reposted by Deborah Kyburz
In terms of the volume and the damage caused, the collapse of the Birch Glacier is unprecedented for the Swiss Alps. Following an on-site inspection, ETH Zurich researchers explain the background to the collapse that buried the village Blatten in an updated fact sheet: ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
What ETH glacier researchers know about the collapse of the Birch Glacier
On Wednesday, the Birch Glacier collapsed under the weight of rock and debris from rockfalls on the Kleine Nesthorn. Following an on-site inspection, ETH Zurich researchers explain the background to t...
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June 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
In terms of the volume and the damage caused, the collapse of the Birch Glacier is unprecedented for the Swiss Alps. Following an on-site inspection, ETH Zurich researchers explain the background to the collapse that buried the village Blatten in an updated fact sheet: ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
MenstruAI is designed to enable users to check their health regularly and effortlessly. For the first time ever, a new technology from ETH Zurich is bringing a tracking tool to a place where hardly anyone would expect it: the sanitary towel.
ETH-researchers created a technology that offers a simple, non-invasive way to track #HealthData daily using sanitary towels.
Sanitary towels morph into test strips
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed the first technology that is able to recognise biomarkers in menstrual blood – directly in sanitary towels. MenstruAI promises a simple, non-invasive method fo...
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May 27, 2025 at 7:36 AM
MenstruAI is designed to enable users to check their health regularly and effortlessly. For the first time ever, a new technology from ETH Zurich is bringing a tracking tool to a place where hardly anyone would expect it: the sanitary towel.
The Focus project teams complete the entire process independently – starting with the initial project idea and design studies through to the search for sponsors and production.
Around 100 Bachelor’s students from the Department of #Mechanical and Process #Engineering (@ethmavt.bsky.social) have spent two semesters working on their Focus #Projects in 11 teams. They will present the results of their projects on 28 May.
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May 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The Focus project teams complete the entire process independently – starting with the initial project idea and design studies through to the search for sponsors and production.
Imagine wearing a T-shirt that measures your breathing or gloves that translate your hand movements into commands for your computer. Researchers at ETH Zurich, led by Daniel Ahmed, Professor of Acoustic Robotics for Life Sciences and Healthcare, have laid the foundations for such smart textiles.
New smart textiles developed by researchers at ETH Zurich use acoustic waves and glass fibres to help make precise measurements. They are light, breathable and inexpensive, and offer great potential for medicine, sports and everyday life. @ethmavt.bsky.social ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
Using sound waves to create a smart T-shirt
New smart textiles developed by researchers at ETH Zurich use acoustic waves and glass fibres to help make precise measurements. They are light, breathable and inexpensive, and offer great potential f...
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May 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Imagine wearing a T-shirt that measures your breathing or gloves that translate your hand movements into commands for your computer. Researchers at ETH Zurich, led by Daniel Ahmed, Professor of Acoustic Robotics for Life Sciences and Healthcare, have laid the foundations for such smart textiles.
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An interdisciplinary research team from Bern and Zurich has developed a method to #Clean urinary #Stents and #Catheters non-invasively – through the skin and without surgery – using ultrasound-activated microstructures. ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
Ultrasound and cilia to clean implanted stents and catheters
An interdisciplinary research team from Bern and Zurich has developed a method to clean urinary stents and catheters non-invasively – through the skin and without surgery – using ultrasound-activated ...
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April 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
An interdisciplinary research team from Bern and Zurich has developed a method to #Clean urinary #Stents and #Catheters non-invasively – through the skin and without surgery – using ultrasound-activated microstructures. ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
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How does ETH Zurich help strengthen Switzerland as an AI Hub and tackle the skilled labour shortage? Discover it in our annual report here: ethz.ch/de/die-eth-z...
April 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
How does ETH Zurich help strengthen Switzerland as an AI Hub and tackle the skilled labour shortage? Discover it in our annual report here: ethz.ch/de/die-eth-z...
ETH Zurich researchers show how under ultrasound, microbubbles gas-filled bubbles generate liquid jets that penetrate cell membrane like tiny pinpricks.
ETH Zurich researchers have investigated how microbubbles tiny gas bubbles can deliver drugs into cells in a targeted manner using ultrasound.
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Precision therapy with microbubbles
ETH Zurich researchers have investigated how microbubbles tiny gas bubbles can deliver drugs into cells in a targeted manner using ultrasound. For the first time, they have visualised how tiny cyclic ...
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February 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
ETH Zurich researchers show how under ultrasound, microbubbles gas-filled bubbles generate liquid jets that penetrate cell membrane like tiny pinpricks.
For Switzerland to achieve its net zero climate target, not only must it reduce its CO2 emissions, it must also find a way to store the greenhouse gas permanently. Researchers at ETH Zurich have investigated whether, and under what conditions, CO2 could be stored underground in Switzerland.
Can CO2 be permanently stored underground in the Swiss Alps?
Researchers from ETH Zurich answer this question in a first of its kind study.
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Researchers from ETH Zurich answer this question in a first of its kind study.
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Storing CO<sub>2</sub> underground in Switzerland
For Switzerland to achieve its net zero climate target, not only must it reduce its CO2 emissions, it must also find a way to store the greenhouse gas permanently. Researchers at ETH Zurich have inves...
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February 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
For Switzerland to achieve its net zero climate target, not only must it reduce its CO2 emissions, it must also find a way to store the greenhouse gas permanently. Researchers at ETH Zurich have investigated whether, and under what conditions, CO2 could be stored underground in Switzerland.
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Ich möchte allen ans Herz legen, diese Petition zu unterzeichnen. 👇
Damit Wissenschaft und Forschung in den Programmen von Radio SRF den Platz erhalten, der ihnen gebührt.
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Damit Wissenschaft und Forschung in den Programmen von Radio SRF den Platz erhalten, der ihnen gebührt.
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Fakten statt Falschinformationen: Für einen starken Wissenschaftsjournalismus! - Online-Petition
Offener Brief aus der Wissenschaft an SRF Sehr geehrte Direktion der SRG, sehr geehrte Geschäftsleitung von SRF, sehr geehrte Medien- und Wissenschaftspolitiker:innen Mit grosser Besorgnis haben wir z...
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February 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Ich möchte allen ans Herz legen, diese Petition zu unterzeichnen. 👇
Damit Wissenschaft und Forschung in den Programmen von Radio SRF den Platz erhalten, der ihnen gebührt.
www.openpetition.eu/ch/petition/...
Damit Wissenschaft und Forschung in den Programmen von Radio SRF den Platz erhalten, der ihnen gebührt.
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Achieving the climate target of #netzero will require profound changes in relation to electricity, heat and mobility.
The CAS Applied Technology in Energy is aimed at executives and managers who wish to drive forward the #energytransition at their company. @ethzurich.bsky.social
The CAS Applied Technology in Energy is aimed at executives and managers who wish to drive forward the #energytransition at their company. @ethzurich.bsky.social
Learning to shape the future of the energy transition
ETH Zurich’s CAS programme in Applied Technology in Energy provides a deeper understanding of the energy system. It enables participants to play a part in shaping the energy future of their company or...
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February 3, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Achieving the climate target of #netzero will require profound changes in relation to electricity, heat and mobility.
The CAS Applied Technology in Energy is aimed at executives and managers who wish to drive forward the #energytransition at their company. @ethzurich.bsky.social
The CAS Applied Technology in Energy is aimed at executives and managers who wish to drive forward the #energytransition at their company. @ethzurich.bsky.social
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Since January 2025, ETH researchers have once again been able to apply for the coveted and scientifically important ERC grants and project coordination in Horizon Europe.
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Horizon Europe and the ERC Grants - what now applies to ETH researchers
Since January 2025, ETH researchers have once again been able to apply for the coveted and scientifically important ERC grants and project coordination in Horizon Europe. The EU has opened up almost a...
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January 29, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Since January 2025, ETH researchers have once again been able to apply for the coveted and scientifically important ERC grants and project coordination in Horizon Europe.
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Within the last 10 years, only once there were more spin-offs founded at ETH Zurich than last year!
🚀 The proportion of women in spin-off teams continues to increase. 35% of the companys are co-founded by women.
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🚀 The proportion of women in spin-off teams continues to increase. 35% of the companys are co-founded by women.
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Start-up boom thriving
With 37 new spin-offs, ETH Zurich continues its long-term upward trend in the launch of new companies from its research. Start-ups in the fields of artificial intelligence and biotechnology were parti...
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January 30, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Within the last 10 years, only once there were more spin-offs founded at ETH Zurich than last year!
🚀 The proportion of women in spin-off teams continues to increase. 35% of the companys are co-founded by women.
ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
🚀 The proportion of women in spin-off teams continues to increase. 35% of the companys are co-founded by women.
ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
In their overview study, a team of researchers led by Russell McKenna identified 14 key impact categories of wind energy. They provide possible solutions for the identified impacts and suggest research priorities. More than 400 studies were included in the analysis.
Wind energy suffers from NIMBY - Everyone likes clean energy, but no one wants wind turbines near their home. In this interview, Professor Russell McKenna, an expert in energy system analysis, explains where he sees the greatest need for action to further develop wind energy. ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
“The biggest challenge is lacking public acceptance of wind turbines”
An international team of researchers has examined the environmental, social, economic and legal aspects of wind energy. In this interview, Russell McKenna, an expert in energy system analysis, explain...
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January 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
In their overview study, a team of researchers led by Russell McKenna identified 14 key impact categories of wind energy. They provide possible solutions for the identified impacts and suggest research priorities. More than 400 studies were included in the analysis.