The new telescope "HIRAX" should provide insights into how matter is distributed in the universe and what the mysterious dark energy is made of.
Nobel laureate Didier Queloz is moving to ETH Zurich, where he will be joining with other professors to study the origins of life.
At the Department of Physics, we take on our responsibility to society. We would like to contribute a fair share in fulfilling the goals of the Paris Agreement of 2015 towards net-zero CO₂ emissions.
Astronaut Claude Nicollier and astrophysicist Judit Szulágyi share their experiences and knowledge of space in the latest podcast episode.
ETH physicists demonstrate that a tiny cloud of atoms can be turned from a heat engine into a cooler by cranking up the interactions between the particles.
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While Domenico Giardini, Professor of Seismology and Geodynamics, already has his hands on Mars, Adrian Glauser, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, has to be patient. Among many others, Adrian worked on the James-Webb-Telescope that shall finally launch this fall, with a delay of many years.
How is matter distributed within our universe? And what is the mysterious substance known as dark energy made of? HIRAX, a new large telescope array comprising hundreds of small radio telescopes, should provide some answers. Among those instrumental in developing the system are physicists from ETH Zurich.
The ETH Board has confirmed Prof. Dr. Günther Dissertori to be the new Rector. He will we take over the duties of Prof. Dr. Sarah M. Springman, who has served in this role since 2015.
Officially elected today by the ETH Board, Günther Dissertori is to take over as Rector of ETH Zurich in February 2022. In this portrait, he talks about what tasks he finds the most challenging and what effective teaching has in common with excellence in physics.
