As part of a two-day state visit to Switzerland, the Italian President stopped off at ETH Zurich today in the company of President of the Swiss Confederation Ignazio Cassis. After a welcome by ETH President Joël Mesot and some words of greeting from the two guests, researchers and students of the university provided an insight into their work.

How does water seep through porous rock? Investigating this question with a mathematical model was the starting point for Barbara Dembin's research. The mathematician is generating new insights in what is known as percolation theory.

Nine scientists are receiving SNSF Starting Grants for projects they plan to carry out at ETH Zurich starting next year.

The new Enhance Alliance of ten European technical universities aims to make it easier to study abroad. ETH Zurich officially joined the alliance today.

Four students at ETH Zurich's Student Project House have launched "Generai", a platform that uses artificial intelligence to create works of art.

For the first time, farmers in the Philippines have cultivated Golden Rice on a larger scale and harvested almost 70 tonnes of grains this October.This nearly never-ending story began at ETH Zurich.

A needle and some blood are usually needed for medical diagnostics. scientists are part of a consortium called Zurich Exhalomics - a large team working on the future of diagnostics, where illnesses can be diagnosed using no more than a breath sample.

Researchers have found that a set of proteins have different shapes in the spinal fluid of healthy individuals and Parkinson's patients. These could be used in the future as a new type of biomarker for this disease.