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Theology and Study of Religions

25 Mar 2025

Conceptualizing the Virgin Mary

Maria 1.0 is an initiative run by Catholic women who promote traditional female roles in the Church – roles shaped by faith. Alexandra Probst ...

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13 Mar 2025

Artificial Intelligence: Between Demons and God

An avatar priest, praying via app and artificial intelligence as a deity: UZH anthropologist Beth Singler researches the interplay between AI and ...

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12 Feb 2025

“We’re part of the heavens”

Andreas Losch and Matthias Wüthrich study issues around the exploration and utilization of space, and what it means for theology and humanity.

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Law

17 Apr 2025

A Clear Thinker with Sharp Wits

Lawyer and UZH alumna Cordelia Bähr was the legal brain behind the landmark lawsuit brought by the KlimaSeniorinnen organization before the ...

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26 Mar 2025

The Strength of a United Europe

Europe currently faces challenges on multiple fronts: internally from populism, and externally from China and the US, which under Trump could go ...

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25 Mar 2025

“The Court should be there for the people”

UZH professor Alice Margaria's research shows that the European Court of Human Rights often neglects its responsibilities when it comes to ...

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Economics and Informatics

17 Apr 2025

“Europeans must have confidence in the future”

To be able to play up its economic strengths against China and the US, Europe should aim to eliminate barriers in its internal market and not try ...

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5 Mar 2025

New Spin-Offs with Innovative Technology

Detecting prostate cancer at an early stage, keeping transplantation organs viable for longer, or a lab that fits on a chip: these six spin-offs ...

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25 Feb 2025

Rising Wages Drive Innovation in Automation Technology

A new UZH study shows for the first time that higher minimum wages for low-skill jobs drive firms to develop automation technologies. Rising wages ...

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Medicine and Dentistry

22 Apr 2025

Retinal Clues to Mental Health

A new study has shown that evidence of genetic susceptibility to schizophrenia can be found in the retina. This finding could help improve the ...

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16 Apr 2025

Fast, Painless, Precise: New Urine Test for Prostate Cancer Screening

In the future, a simple urine test could detect early-stage prostate cancer. In this interview, the developers tell the story of their invention.

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14 Apr 2025

Towards a Quicker Diagnosis

Medical student Marlene Münger devoted her Master’s thesis to the topic of diagnosing congenital immune deficiencies. She received a semester ...

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Veterinary Medicine

8 Jan 2025

Rethinking Population Management in Zoos

Until now, zoos used contraception to avoid surplus animals. Scientists argue for preserving breeding populations and raising awareness of ...

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5 Nov 2024

“For me, it’s about the animals”

In her Master’s thesis, veterinary science student Natalie Miller-Collmann dared to take her own stand on a contentious research question, earning ...

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16 Apr 2024

Happy Mums, Healthy Babies

One in 10 women suffer from depression during pregnancy. The illness often goes untreated and can have negative effects on the child. Now, in a ...

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Arts and Social Sciences

28 Apr 2025

Personality Traits Shape Our Prosocial Behavior

Why do some people do more for the community than others? A new study now shows that personality traits such as extraversion and agreeableness ...

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23 Apr 2025

Current AI Risks More Alarming than Apocalyptic Future Scenarios

Most people are generally more concerned about the immediate risks of artificial intelligence than about a theoretical future in which AI ...

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22 Apr 2025

“A colonial ruler in trouble”

Europe is a major trading partner for India. And yet, India doesn’t see its future in the Old Continent, says Indian studies scholar Nicolas ...

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Mathematics and Natural Sciences

10 Apr 2025

Major Award for CERN Experiments

Four experiments at the Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator at CERN have been awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. UZH ...

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3 Apr 2025

Bonobos Combine Calls in Similar Ways to Human Language

Bonobos – our closest living relatives – create complex sequences of sounds that resemble human word combinations. A new study by researchers from ...

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1 Apr 2025

A Giant Step that Heralds a New Space Age

On board the private spaceflight mission Fram2, the Space Genomics experiment of the University of Zurich launched today.

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