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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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19.09.2023 Trauma Research

Stalinismus: Ein Trauma mit destruktiven Langzeiteffekten

UZH psychologist Andreas Maercker researches the social and psychological consequences of collectively experienced trauma – using the descendants of victims of Stalinist and post-Stalinist repression as his subjects.

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14.09.2023 Inaugural symposium

Focus on One Health

The establishment of the One Health Institute at UZH is well under way. An inaugural symposium will be held on 21 September, focusing on the two key research areas, epidemiology and evolution.

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07.09.2023 Symposium in Honor of K. Alex Müller

“We unleashed an avalanche”

On 21 September, UZH is hosting a symposium in honor of the late physicist and Nobel laureate K. Alex Müller. Ahead of the event, we shine a spotlight on the discovery that earned Müller the Nobel Prize and speak with two of his close colleagues.

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05.09.2023 Team research

Under Pressure

UZH psychologist Jan Schmutz researches how teams function in extreme environments and how they can thrive in the face of adversity. His research shows that teams succeed when their members feel safe and involved at work.

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04.09.2023 Scientifica 2023

Science Draws in the Crowds

20,000 to 30,000 visitors experienced science up close this weekend at Scientifica, Switzerland’s largest science festival. Some 1,000 researchers from the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich were on site to present their work.

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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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30.08.2023 Sleep Research

Neurons Humming

Sleep disorders are very common, and they’re particularly problematic for people with Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers at UZH, USZ and ETH are developing a device that can help patients sleep more deeply and improve their quality of life.

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16.08.2023 Neuroimmunology

When Controls Fail

In autoimmune disorders like multiple sclerosis, the body’s immune system attacks the central nervous system. Immunologist Sarah Mundt wants to figure out why that happens and how to keep autoreactive T cells in check.

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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 Sports

Women’s Soccer Rated as Highly as Men’s

The quality of women’s vs. men’s soccer has been the subject of heated debates. Research conducted at UZH has now settled the score – with some interesting findings.

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11.07.2023

Who Sees What? Ritual Costumes from Sri Lanka, a Reflection on Encounters

The Ethnographic Museum showcases newly acquired masks, costumes and ritual objects from Sri Lanka with the aim to foster dialogue – and critically reflect on its own history.

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10.07.2023 Behaviour

Criticism with care is more persuasive

When unethical behavior is criticized, demands are often met with defensiveness and denial. New research shows that concern for their welfare makes people more open to criticism.

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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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29.06.2023 Linguistics

Driven to Work by the “Fahri”

The Swiss Amish in the US city of Berne still speak a language called Shwitzer. It derives from the Bernese German dialect spoken by the Emmental Anabaptists, but far from being archaic, Shwitzer is a highly innovative and dynamic language.

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26.06.2023 Dental Medicine

How the Evolution of Tooth Enamel Tissue Unfolded

Researchers at the UZH Center for Dental Medicine show that mutations in the Notch pathway can lead to defective structures in tooth enamel.

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19.06.2023 Research Infrastructures

UZH’s Research Infrastructures Score Highly

The University of Zurich achieved excellent results in the Swiss government’s 2023 Swiss Roadmap for Research Infrastructures, acting as the sponsoring institution for 5 out of 14 large-scale priority projects.

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14.06.2023 Soil Science

Climate Change Releases Carbon Stocks Deep Underground

Global warming is accelerating the decomposition of soil humus. It is also affecting the waxy and woody compounds – previously thought to be stable – which help plants store carbon in their leaves and roots.

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13.06.2023 Molecular Biology

How DNA is made available for replication

Before DNA in cells can be replicated or repaired, a very specific process must take place. By combining experiment and simulation, researchers led by the University of Zurich were able to decipher this process in detail. Their work also represents a larger change in classical structural biology and our understanding of unstructured proteins.

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