ETH Zürich

Type: Company

Name: ETH Zürich

Nationality: Switzerland

Web Address: http://www.ethz.ch/

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

University of Oxford

Warming extremes ‘not as likely’

Oceans may be absorbing more heat than thoughtThe oceans appear to be taking up more heat in recent years, masking a build-up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.Extreme global warming is less likely in coming decades after a slowdown in the pace of temperature ... [Published Times of Malta - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Carbon Dioxide, Greenhouse Gas, University of Oxford, Emission, Atmosphere

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

Nobel Prize-winning physicists dies at 79

Swiss physicist and ETH-Zurich alumnus Heinrich Rohrer died May 16 at his home in Wollerau, Switzerland. He is most known for his collaborative work with Gerd Binnig in developing the scanning tunnelling microscope, for which they both received the Nobel ... [Published ETH Life - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Heinrich Rohrer, Gerd Binnig, Nobel Prize, IBM Corp

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

IBM Corp

IBM Research - Zurich (Officially) Turns 50

IBM Research was officially inaugurated in Rueschlikon, Switzerland, the leafy suburb of Zurich. A temporary lab was actually established in 1956 in the nearby town of Adliswil, but it was on this day where the current lab was opened in front of hundreds ... [Published IBM Research - May 22 2013]

Entities: Zurich (Switzerland), IBM Research, IBM Corp

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

ETH Zürich

PM Wissensökonomie und Kritik der Risikorhetorik

Im Rahmen der ZGW Vortragsreihe «Risiko und Wissen». Mehr Informationen und ein Problemaufriss finden sich auf unserer Webpage.Es besteht parallel zu den Vorträgen die Möglichkeit zur kostenlosen Kinderbetreuung.Datum/Zeit Mittwoch, 22. Mai 2013, 18:15 ... [Published Universität Zürich - May 21 2013]

Entities: ETH Zürich

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Is Global Warming Slowing Down?

Global warming a real threat. But a team of international scientists have recently determined that it is in fact slowing down. It's puzzling to scientists, considering the rise in greenhouse gases.The scientists said that carbon dioxide concentrations ... [Published Fooyoh - May 21 2013]

Entities: Global Warming/Climate Change, ETH Zürich, Industrial Revolution

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 9 reports

University of Leeds

20.05 - Global warming continues but most extreme projections 'less likely' - LEEDS

Observations of the climates response to rising greenhouse gas levels are consistent with conventional estimates of long-term climate sensitivity, despite a "warming pause" over the past decade. However, the most extreme rates of warming simulated by ... [Published MyScience - May 20 2013]

Entities: Leeds, Global Warming/Climate Change, Climate, University of Leeds

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Swiss Nobel physicist dies at 80

Heinrich Rohrer, one of the fathers of nanotechnology and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, has died.Rohrer, who was 80, passed away at his home in the canton of Schwyz.Rohrer studied at ETH Zurich and then worked for the IBM Research Lab in Zuri ... [Published World Radio Switzerland - May 20 2013]

Entities: Heinrich Rohrer, Nobel Prize, IBM Research, ETH Zürich

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Geothermal energy gains more attention in Switzerland

Swiss university sets sights on geothermal energyETH Zurich, a leading technology university in Switzerland, has been awarded more than $10.4 million in funding that will help support its efforts in the field of geothermal energy. The university has been ... [Published Hydrogen Fuel News - May 18 2013]

Entities: Geothermal Energy, Switzerland, Geothermal, ETH Zürich

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Lymphatic fluid takes detour

When tumours metastasise, they can block lymphatic vessels, as researchers from ETH Zurich have discovered using a new method. The lymphatic fluid subsequently has to find a new path through the tissue. Such “detours” could well be the reason why metastasis ... [Published ETH Life - May 17 2013]

Entities: lymphatic fluid, lymph node, Tumor, Infrared

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Awakening to New Drugs Against Sleeping Sickness, and ETH Zurich Study

Sleeping sickness kills tens of thousands of people in Africa each year. Current chemotherapies are subject to various limitations, including resistance. Rhodesain, an enzyme of the parasites that cause this illness (human African trypanosomiasis), has ... [Published BioSpace - May 17 2013]

Entities: ETH Zürich, Drugs, Triazine, African Trypanosomiasis

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Cradle of free-thinking

A professor of mathematics at ETH Zurich for sixteen years and now the director of the new Institute of Theoretical Studies: Giovanni Felder on the advantages of such a think-tank, his time at Princeton and why he has great respect for this new role.Interview: ... [Published ETH Life - May 17 2013]

Entities: ETH Zürich, Walter Haefner, Basic Research, Institute for Advanced Study

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

PM Re-evolution of lost social traits in a cooperative bacterium

Datum/Zeit Freitag, 17. Mai 2013, 16:15 Uhr bis 17:00 UhrMitProf. Dr. Greg Velicer, ETH Zürich, SwitzerlandOrt Institute of Plant Biology, Zollikerstrasse 107, 8008 ZürichRaum: Great Lecture Hall, BOT P1-4 ... [Published Universität Zürich - May 16 2013]

Entities: Bacteria, ETH Zürich, Zurich (Switzerland), Biology

Quotes

"[W]e are still looking at warming well over the two degree goal that countries have agreed upon if current emission trends continue" Professor Reto Knutti of ETH Zurich, one of the authors of the study, said

Is Global Warming Slowing Down? [Published ITechPost - May 20 2013]

He said findings "need to be taken with a large grain of salt" because of uncertainties about the oceans

Extreme global warming seen further away than previously thought [Published NDTV - May 20 2013]

"So while their conclusions are interesting, they need to be taken with a large grain of salt until we see what happens to the oceans over the coming years."

Slower warming 'may give climate reprieve' [Published ABC Online - May 20 2013]

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Analysis: Chuy Quintanilla, US first Narco-Sing... [Published Borderland Beat - May 19 2013] Borderland Beat Dr. Robert Bunker Small War JournalJesus “Chuy” Quintanilla was discovered dead in Mission, Texas, across the border from Reynosa, Tamaulipas. He was a noted singer of narcocorridos.[1] Narcomusica (narco-music) plays a key role in ...
World Bank a security risk to the world order? [Published St George West - May 08 2013] By Lars Schall: Former senior legal counsel at the World Bank turned whistleblower Karen Hudes talks about the corruption inside the World Bank and her personal saga to find out about it. She says a worldwide currency war is certain and NATO ...
Green Graph 500 Launches to Boost Energy Effici... [Published insideHPC - May 07 2013] In this special guest feature, Torsten Hoefler from ETH Zurich writes that the new Green Graph500 aims to boost energy-efficient Big Data Computing. “Big Data” can be analyzed in various ways. The most successful and prevalent programming ...
We're at ICRA 2013: The World's Largest Robot R... [Published IEEE Spectrum - May 07 2013] <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> The 2013 IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) is taking place this week in Karlsruhe, Germany. We’ve been in Europe for a week or so checking out robotics labs (more on that when we get back), ...
PLOS Announces Accelerating Science Award Program [Published Public Library of Science - May 01 2013] PLOS today is launching the Accelerating Science Award Program (ASAP) that recognizes the use of scientific research, published through Open Access, which has led to innovations in any field that benefit society. Major sponsors include the Wellcome Trust ...

Press Releases

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