http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/allnews/dossiers/URPP.html http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/news/2025/digital-religions.html An avatar priest, praying via app and artificial intelligence as a deity: UZH anthropologist Beth Singler researches the interplay between AI and religion. Wed, 12 Mar 2025 23:00:00 GMT http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/news/2025/digital-religions.html Adrian Ritter, Translation: Georgia Gray 2025-03-12T23:00:00Z http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/news/2024/urpp-social-networks.html The way people behave in complex social relationships over time can now be analyzed in great detail thanks to methods developed by the URPP Social Networks. Mon, 08 Jul 2024 22:00:00 GMT http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/news/2024/urpp-social-networks.html Text: Brigitte Blöchlinger, Translation: Michael Jackson 2024-07-08T22:00:00Z http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/news/2024/urpp-global-change.html Ecosystems are more stable and productive when they contain more species. This has been demonstrated impressively by researchers from the URPP Global Change and Biodiversity. The successful program is committed to ensuring that the value of biodiversity is better understood and appreciated in society. Tue, 02 Jul 2024 22:00:00 GMT http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/news/2024/urpp-global-change.html Text: Stefan Stöcklin, Translation: Michael Jackson 2024-07-02T22:00:00Z http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/news/2024/urpp-financial-market-regulation--.html Financial market law can’t prevent a bank going bankrupt – nor should it – but it should effectively limit the impact on systemic stability and stop contagion. This is the take-home message from the concluded URPP Financial Market Regulation. The program’s director Rolf Sethe takes a look back and reveals what he has found most surprising over the past 12 years of research. Wed, 26 Jun 2024 22:00:00 GMT http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/news/2024/urpp-financial-market-regulation--.html Interview: Nicole Bruggmann, Translation: Gemma Brown 2024-06-26T22:00:00Z http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/news/2024/urpp-translational-cancer-research.html One major achievement of the URPP Translational Cancer Research is the newly created “dialogue among equals between basic research and clinical practice,” sums up co-director Maries van den Broek. Sun, 23 Jun 2024 22:00:00 GMT http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/news/2024/urpp-translational-cancer-research.html Text: Brigitte Blöchlinger, Translation: Mark Rabinowitz 2024-06-23T22:00:00Z http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/news/2024/URPP-LightChEC.html “The scientific strides we’ve made will hopefully allow us to kick-start the long-awaited technology of producing energy from artificial photosynthesis,” says director Greta Patzke in describing what’s been achieved thanks to the URPP LightChEC. Tue, 18 Jun 2024 22:00:00 GMT http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/news/2024/URPP-LightChEC.html Text: Brigitte Blöchlinger, Translation: Michael Jackson 2024-06-18T22:00:00Z http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/news/2024/urpp-evolution-in-action.html How do organisms and pathogens evolve and adapt to the environment? This was the question that the URPP Evolution in Action sought to address. The program allowed UZH to put its considerable research competence in evolutionary biology to excellent use, says the initiator and former co-director Beat Keller. Wed, 12 Jun 2024 22:00:00 GMT http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/news/2024/urpp-evolution-in-action.html Interview: Stefan Stöcklin, Translation: Astrid Freuler 2024-06-12T22:00:00Z http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/news/2024/urpp-language-and-space.html Elvira Glaser, co-founder of the recently concluded University Research Priority Program Language and Space, takes stock and tells us what surprised her the most over the course of the 12-year research period. Sun, 09 Jun 2024 22:00:00 GMT http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/news/2024/urpp-language-and-space.html Interview: Nathalie Huber 2024-06-09T22:00:00Z http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/news/2024/urrp-conclusion.html UZH’s University Research Priority Programs tackle pressing societal problems. They enable researchers to apply their expertise in selected research fields and help them develop long-term solutions. The programs of the second series have now concluded, with an event marking the occasion last week. Tue, 04 Jun 2024 22:00:00 GMT http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/news/2024/urrp-conclusion.html Text by Stefan Stöcklin; English translation by Philip Isler 2024-06-04T22:00:00Z http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/news/2024/urpp-cynamics-healthy-aging.html The recently-concluded UZH University Research Priority Program Dynamics of Healthy Aging achieved some impressive results. The World Health Organization even adopted the healthy aging model developed in Zurich. Sun, 02 Jun 2024 22:00:00 GMT http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/news/2024/urpp-cynamics-healthy-aging.html Carole Scheidegger; English translation by Gemma Brown 2024-06-02T22:00:00Z http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/media/2023/Microscope.html 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. Thu, 30 Mar 2023 22:00:00 GMT http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/media/2023/Microscope.html 2023-03-30T22:00:00Z http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/news/2022/art-of-learning.html While learning new things seems to come naturally to children and young people, the older we get the more difficult we find it to acquire new skills. But it’s like sailing – you can make progress even with a headwind, you just have to know how. Tue, 20 Sep 2022 22:00:00 GMT http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/news/2022/art-of-learning.html Text by Roger Nickl; Translation by Caitlin Stephens 2022-09-20T22:00:00Z http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/news/2022/thomas-schlag.html Church membership is declining, but there is a proliferation of religious themes and practices in the online space. Theologian Thomas Schlag heads up the new University Research Priority Program Digital Religion(s), which examines faith in the digital realm.. Wed, 24 Aug 2022 08:44:17 GMT http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/news/2022/thomas-schlag.html Simona Ryser 2022-08-24T08:44:17Z http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/media/2022/Mildew.html The worldwide distribution of one of the most important cereal pathogens is the result of human activity. Researchers at the University of Zurich have traced the history and spread of wheat powdery mildew along wheat trade routes and found that mixing of genetic ancestries of related powdery mildew species played a central role in the evolution and adaptation of the pathogen. Wed, 03 Aug 2022 15:10:48 GMT http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/media/2022/Mildew.html 2022-08-03T15:10:48Z http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/2020/University-Research-Priority-Programs.html Starting in 2021, UZH will be launching five new University Research Priority Programs (URPP), bringing the collaborative interdisciplinary initiative into its third generation. We sat down with Vice President Medicine Beatrice Beck Schimmer to learn more about the success of the program. Tue, 25 Aug 2020 08:00:37 GMT http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/2020/University-Research-Priority-Programs.html Nathalie Huber 2020-08-25T08:00:37Z http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/2020/Biodiversity-Forum.html While the threat posed by climate change is well recognized, the loss of species diversity is less so. The neglected issue takes center stage, however, at the World Biodiversity Forum, organized by UZH, in Davos next week. Thu, 20 Feb 2020 08:59:36 GMT http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/2020/Biodiversity-Forum.html By Stefan Stöcklin; translated by Caitlin Stephens 2020-02-20T08:59:36Z http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/2019/Saving-the-World.html Hydrogen is a clean source of electricity, fuel and fertilizer. The problem is that hydrogen still isn’t produced very sustainably. This could change – thanks to artificial photosynthesis. Wed, 18 Dec 2019 15:57:53 GMT http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/2019/Saving-the-World.html Roger Nickl 2019-12-18T15:57:53Z http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/2019/fading_petunias.html Through heat, saline soil or aridity, the environment can directly influence the activity of genes. As the biologist Ueli Grossniklaus has demonstrated, in plants these epigenetic changes can sometimes be inherited. Tue, 29 Oct 2019 09:41:08 GMT http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/2019/fading_petunias.html Stefan Stöcklin 2019-10-29T09:41:08Z http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/2019/fertile_ground.html We have to make use of the abundance of nature, says Bernhard Schmid. The environmental scientist is calling for more biodiversity in agriculture, as crop mixtures produce better yields and are more sustainable than monoculture farming practices. Tue, 15 Oct 2019 06:51:51 GMT http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/2019/fertile_ground.html Interview: Roger Nickl 2019-10-15T06:51:51Z http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/2019/Artificial-photosynthesis.html UZH chemist Sandra Luber has set her sights on achieving artificial photosynthesis. A successful outcome could enable major climate issues to be solved in one fell swoop. However, there are still many hurdles to overcome. Tue, 02 Jul 2019 14:44:11 GMT http://www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/2019/Artificial-photosynthesis.html Simona Ryser 2019-07-02T14:44:11Z