Archive Zeitfragen 2023

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• 22.09.2023 Evolutionary Biology

  AI Increases Precision in Plant Observation

  Researchers at UZH have used big data, machine learning and field observations in the university’s experimental garden to show how plants respond to changes in the environment.

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• 30.08.2023 Robotics

  Challenge Accepted: High-speed AI Drone Overtakes World-Champion Drone Racers

  EIn a milestone for artificial intelligence (AI), the AI system “Swift”, designed by UZH researchers, has beaten the world champions in drone racing – a result that seemed unattainable just a few years ago. The AI-piloted drone was trained in a simulated environment.

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• 14.07.2023 Pharma Research

  AI Brings Hope for Patients with Lyosomal Storage Disease

  Advances in the use of Big Data, learning algorithms and powerful computers improve research into serious metabolic disease.

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• 13.07.2023 Physics

  New Superconductors Can Be Built Atom by Atom

  The naturally occurring topology of atoms can make it difficult to create new physical effects. One atom at a time, researchers have now successfully designed new states of matter.

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• 05.07.2023 Innovative Teams

  Passion Aplenty

  Turning an exciting idea into a successful start-up firm requires vision, a lot of knowhow and good planning. But most of all, it requires different people who work together really well.

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• 03.07.2023 Us and ChatGPT

  “Like a Swiss army knife”

  ChatGPT is overrated as artificial intelligence and underrated as a language model, linguist Noah Bubenhofer says. He, philosopher Hans-Johann Glock, and computational linguist Rico Sennrich discuss how chatbots could change science, universities, and everyday work in the interview below.

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• 08.06.2023 2021/22 Sustainability Report

  On the Path to Climate Neutrality

  Over the past two years, UZH has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions. Overall, the university has taken a number of effective measures to promote sustainable development, as shown in its latest Sustainability Report.

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• 02.05.2023 What We Believe

  “Digital Trinity”

  Digitalization is taking on certain social functions of religion. Faith in divine decisions is being replaced by our faith in algorithmic selection, says communications researcher Michael Latzer.

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• 19.04.2023 Sustainability

  Infrequent Flyers

  UZH aims to reduce its emissions from air travel by at least 53 percent by 2030. The faculties have now announced how they plan to achieve this goal.

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• 31.03.2023 Neuroscience

  Scallop Eyes as Inspiration for New Microscope Pbjectives

  Neuroscientists have developed new objectives that enable high-resolution imaging of tissues and organs in a much wider variety of immersion media than with conventional microscope lenses.

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• 29.03.2023 Sustainable Digitalization

  “We’re not at the mercy of the future”

  Digital technologies make many systems and processes more efficient. Lorenz Hilty, professor of informatics, is researching how the digital transformation can also be harnessed for sustainable development.

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• 22.03.2023 UZH Teaching Fund – Part 3: Engaged Teaching

  Pitch Perfect

  How do interdisciplinary teams develop ideas that are in touch with the world outside of university? In various innovation courses at UZH, students learn how they can translate their ideas into business solutions – including a reality check by industry experts.

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• 09.03.2023 LINA testing facility

  Flying Toward the Future

  A new testing facility at Dübendorf Airport enables researchers to develop autonomous systems such as drones from idea to marketable product. The facility was conceived thanks to the Digitalization Initiative of the Zurich Higher Education Institutions.

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• 16.02.2023 Medicine

  Unlocking the Data Treasure Chest

  The LOOP Zurich research center is creating a central platform to exchange health data between UZH, ETH Zurich and the four university hospitals in Zurich, making it possible to quickly and easily use this information for the benefit of patients.

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• 09.01.2023 UZH Spin-Offs in 2022

  Entrepreneurial Milestones in Life Sciences

  Three new spin-offs were founded at UZH in 2022, transferring scientific findings into industry practice. The business ventures explore new perspectives in the fight against cancer, space factories to produce human tissue, and ways to accelerate the development of novel drugs.

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