Architecture can be brutal, says Spanish architect Anna Puigjaner. “It constantly divides society into those who can – and those who can’t,” she explains. “Take a staircase, for example: it’s just one ...

Back in 2019, the collapse of a tailings dam at the Brumadinho iron ore mine in Brazil triggered a huge mudslide with catastrophic consequences for the environment and local population. For a long ...

Michelle Halbheer failed her final math exam in high school and initially thought she might have to explore other paths after her foundation year at ETH. However, her journey took a surprising turn, ...

Rolf, you studied architecture at ETH Zurich and are now embarking on a doctoral project. You were the first person in your family to attend university. What led you to study at ETH? Rolf Imseng: I ...

For employees in Switzerland, work is of fundamental importance in life. Nevertheless, a quarter say they occasionally get bored at work. Nearly half of the employees are interested in a traditional, ...

Making mistakes is a marvellous thing. All of us can benefit from the growth that comes from failure, the chance to make a better future by learning from past mistakes. That’s why we have always ...

You grew up on the Costa Brava and studied in Barcelona – places where other people go on holiday. What was that like? For me, it was an opportunity to get to know people from all over the world.

It’s a Wednesday morning in May, and we’re sitting in the office of Fridolin Stocker’s coffee farm, enjoying his tales of day-to-day life in Zambia. It may be early, but he’s already been up for five ...

The sun blazes down, driving beads of sweat onto Géraldine Frey’s forehead. With only a few seconds to go, she takes up her mark and slowly raises a hand to signal her readiness. Face tense with ...

Developed by the Robotics Systems Lab at ETH Zur­ich, ALMA is a quadrupedal robot equipped with a range of sensors and a robotic arm. Unlike other entries in the Cybathlon discipline for assistive ...

You are an ETH professor of soft and living matter physics and are going to launch a cooking show called “Cook the Science”. How come? Thomas Michaels: Well, I believe that cooking is a great way to ...

The Service Desk is the gateway to the IT Services department. The IT Service Desk staff are familiar with all services and their “operating conditions”.