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Trace metals such as iron or zinc that are stored in deep-sea sediments are lost forever to phytoplankton on the ocean surface. This is what geochemists believed for a long time about the cycle of micronutrients in seawater. ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 11, 2025
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Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, shifting tectonic plates—these are all signs that our planet is alive. But what is revealed deep inside Earth surprises laymen and scientists alike: Almost 3000 kilometers below Earth's ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 5, 2025
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Physicists at ETH Zurich have developed a lens that can transform infrared light into visible light by halving the wavelength of incident light. The study is published in Advanced Materials.
Optics & Photonics
Jun 2, 2025
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A new study with ETH Zurich finds that if global warming exceeds the Paris Climate Agreement targets, the non-polar glacier mass will diminish significantly. However, if warming is limited to 1.5°C, at least 54% could be ...
Earth Sciences
May 29, 2025
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Marius Floriancic runs quickly along a narrow, well-trodden path, heading deeper and deeper into the forest. It is a cool, damp Thursday morning at the end of April; it rained the night before and water is still occasionally ...
Plants & Animals
May 26, 2025
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Marine bacteria control how much CO2 is stored in the oceans, by swimming after and degrading sinking particles that would otherwise remain stored in the ocean for millennia. Researchers have discovered that some bacteria ...
Ecology
May 26, 2025
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The human body and its organs are composed of a wide variety of cell types. Although all cells contain the same genes, they function very differently—partly because protein interactions differ between cells.
Biotechnology
May 12, 2025
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Hidden beneath the Antarctic ice lies a system of lakes and watercourses. A research team, including ETH researchers, has for the first time directly observed the subglacial streams of West Antarctica. Their study, published ...
Earth Sciences
May 12, 2025
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Scientists are currently planning two major space missions to search for life in space: NASA's Project HWO and Project LIFE, led by ETH Zurich. If one of these missions were to discover life on an exoplanet, i.e., a planet ...
Astrobiology
Apr 17, 2025
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The DNA of human cells consists of a sequence of about 3.1 billion building blocks. Cells go to great lengths to maintain the integrity of this vast store of information. They constantly untangle knots in the DNA strand and ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 9, 2025
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