Drawing on the fact that the snow in an avalanche can behave like both a solid and a fluid, a young researcher at EPFL and SLF has managed to simulate a snow slab avalanche with unrivaled precision.

Imaging techniques can be used to detect the development of psychosis in the brains of high-risk patients at an early stage, as reported by researchers from the University of Basel and Western University in the journal JAMA Psychiatry.

Switzerland coordinates an extensive network of 600 seismographs stretching from Perpignan to Prague.

Ten professors from ETH Zurich - two of them female, and eight male - have secured prestigious ERC Advanced Grants. Three of them are receiving the coveted funding for the second time.