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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

More Sustainability, Less Moral Preaching

If Switzerland and the EU want to become carbon-neutral by 2050, they need to overcome ideological rifts in business, politics and society.

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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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Digital Transformation

4 Jul 2025

A Faster Path to Tailor-Made Voting Advice

An algorithm developed by computer scientists at UZH aims to enhance the quality of voting advice provided on the Smartvote online platform.

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2 Jul 2025

False Heroes and a Disappearing Soldier

Roland Meyer studies how our perception of images is shifting in the digital world and why the political right loves AI-generated imagery.

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18 Jun 2025

Visit UZH in Japan, Virtually

At the Virtual World Expo 2025, visitors will have the opportunity to visit the city campus of the University of Zurich. The virtual experience ...

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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

9 Jul 2025

Mapping Disease Across the Globe

Thomas Van Boeckel investigates environmental factors, global patterns of infectious disease and antibiotic resistance in order to better combat ...

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8 Jul 2025

“Antibiotic resistance is a global problem like climate change”

Biochemist and microbiologist Markus Seeger explains why international, multidisciplinary exchange is key in the fight against AMR.

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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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Precision Medicine

24 Jun 2025

A High-Resolution View of Cancer Cells

Today’s most advanced instruments can peer deep into living cells, helping researchers study diseases such as cancer and improve therapies.

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28 May 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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