2023
New Professor at D-HEST: Dr Xiao-Hua Qin
At its meeting of 6 and 7 December 2023, the ETH Board appointed Dr Xiao-Hua Qin as Assistant Professor at Department of Health Sciences and Technology.
ETH magazine "Globe" focuses on people and medicine
The fourth issue of the ETH magazine "Globe" this year, which has just been published, is dedicated to medicine and people.
The flux under your skin
Researchers are investigating whether bacteria can be used as drug carriers and targeted in the bloodstream with the help of a magnetic field. Could bacteria help to fight cancer cells in this way? The exhibition "The flux under your skin" by artist Prof. Susanne Winterling in collaboration with Prof. Simone Schürle-Finke from the Laboratory for Reactive Biomedical Systems at ETH Zurich takes an artistic approach to this question. It is open until 29 November 2023.
Three D-HEST students receive ESOP scholarship
Scholarships within the framework of the "Excellence Schlolarship & Opportunity Programme" (ESOP) are awarded to outstanding students. At D-HEST three students received an ESOP scholarship this year.
Humans are far superior to robots
A new ETH study compares 27 humanoid robots with humans and comes to the conclusion that while robots have better components, they are still not capable of achieving as much. However, according to the authors of the study, the machines are catching up.