May 2020

Jan Dirk Wegner uses artificial intelligence to research different aspects of the Earth's surface. In doing so, he hopes to help raise people's quality of life and protect the environment. His work has now earned him a place in the World Economic Forum's Young Scientists community.

To Prof. Thomas Vogel, Department Head of D-BAUG, it is clearly ETH Zurich’s strong network of international links, as one of the main reasons, that has allowed the University to react so quickly and professionally to the Corona pandemic.

Benedikt Soja has just had the most stressful time of his life: on 1 April he took up his new position as Professor of Space Geodesy at ETH Zurich. But things almost went wrong. Once again, the corona pandemic was to blame.

ETH researchers have analysed individual marine bacterial cells to show that metabolic processes inside them determine the amount of gas they release, which is involved in cloud formation.

For Kay Axhausen, the lockdown is also an exciting time: as a traffic planner, he is investigating the influence of initial restrictions on the mobility behavior of the population. The surprising finding is that people are travelling much more by bicycle - probably also because of the fine weather of the last few weeks.