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Eling de Bruin awarded title "Professor"
08.03.2024 - At its meeting of 6 and 7 March 2024 and upon application of Joël Mesot, President of ETH Zurich, the ETH Board appointed nine professors. The Board also awarded the title of "Professor" three times, one of them to Eling de Bruin from the Department of Health Sciences and Technology.
New Professor at D-HEST: Dr Patrick Rühs
08 March 2024 - At its meeting of 6 and 7 March 2024 and upon application of Joël Mesot, President of ETH Zurich, the ETH Board appointed nine professors. We are pleased to announce that one Professor will start at D-HEST already in May 2024:
Turning waste into gold
Several media have reported on the method developed by Raffaele Mezzenga at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology, which can be used to extract gold from waste products.
Turning waste into gold
ETH Zurich researchers have recovered the precious metal from electronic waste. Their highly sustainable new method is based on a protein fibril sponge, which the scientists derive from whey, a food industry byproduct.
Bio-inspired neuroprosthetics: sending signals the brain can understand
Prostheses that connect to the nervous system have been available for several years. Now, researchers at ETH Zurich have found evidence that neuroprosthetics work better when they use signals that are inspired by nature.