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We shed light on the critical issues of our time with research that contributes to forward-looking solutions for our society.

Sustainability

5 Jun 2025

Fungal Resistance in Wheat: Preserving Biodiversity for Food Security

Wheat production is threatened by a major fungal disease: yellow rust. UZH researchers have found traditional wheat varieties from Asia that ...

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15 May 2025

How Plants Communicate with Each Other

A new exhibition on plant communication marks the inclusion of botany at the University of Zurich’s Natural History Museum.

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15 May 2025

Dual Associations with Two Fungi Improve Tree Fitness

Tree species that form symbioses with two different types of mycorrhizal fungi cope better with water and nutrient scarcity.

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Digital Transformation

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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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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6 Feb 2025

Social Media Can Make You Happy

Young people spend a lot of their time on TikTok and other platforms. Yet this is no reason for parents to start panicking, according to the media ...

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Innovation

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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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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18 Mar 2025

Efficient Development of Drugs with Fewer Mice

With a novel technology, around 25 antibodies can now be tested simultaneously in a single mouse. This should speed up the R&D pipeline for ...

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One Health

18 Dec 2024

“We must move away from silo thinking”

Ecological crises such as biodiversity loss, climate change and food security are interconnected and must be tackled in a coordinated way. This is ...

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12 Aug 2024

Ancient Ailments

Infectious diseases like the plague, leprosy and syphilis have made history and shaped humanity over a long period of time – are still doing so ...

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17 Jul 2024

Influenza Viruses Can Use Two Ways to Infect Cells

Most influenza viruses enter human or animal cells through specific pathways on the cells’ surface. UZH researchers have now discovered that ...

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Precision Medicine

5 Jun 2025

43,000 Data Points against Melanoma

Every tumor is unique. In a new study, scientists from Zurich and Basel used advanced technologies to create individual profiles for precise tumor ...

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5 May 2025

500,000 Francs for Pioneering Research

The Gretener-Thürlemann Prize at the University of Zurich is awarded in its first year to researchers in the field of translational/clinical medicine.

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30 Apr 2025

Digital Assistant for Cancer Treatment

AI has the ability to advance precision cancer treatment by using data to predict the course of the disease with greater accuracy. This saves ...

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