Archive 2025
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Networks of Female Friends Help Gorillas Move between Groups Gorillas may be using a similar strategy as humans: when moving to a new social group, female gorillas seek out groups containing females they have lived with in the past and avoid males they grew up with. Mehr 2025-08-05 |
Wounded Rainforest Alexander Damm-Reiser uses satellite data to analyze the impact of companies on biodiversity, ecosystems and environmental damage. Mehr 2025-07-16 Theo von Däniken / Translation: Michael Jackson |
How Did Complex Life Evolve? Fungi, plants, animals and humans are made of eukaryotic cells. These cells evolved at a late stage in the evolution of life. Mehr 2025-07-15 Santina Russo, Translation: Gemma Brown |
Mapping Disease Across the Globe Thomas Van Boeckel investigates environmental factors, global patterns of infectious disease and antibiotic resistance in order to better combat these issues. Mehr 2025-07-08 Adrian Ritter, Translation: Georgia Gray |
“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. Mehr 2025-07-07 Interview: Barbara Simpson |
Schrödingers Erbe verpflichtet Vor hundert Jahren wurde unter anderem an der Universität Zürich (UZH) das Fundament zur Quantenmechanik gelegt. Heute ist sie Grundlage zahlreicher Technologien – und wirft neue Fragen auf. Mehr 2025-06-30 Theo von Däniken |
Baby talk – a human superpower? Humans from different cultures speak to their children using a form of speech known as “child-directed speech”, or “baby talk”. However, it appears that this characteristic is far from prevalent in non-human great apes. Mehr 2025-06-25 |
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. Mehr 2025-06-23 Santina Russo, Translation: Karen Oettli-Geddes |
“I’ve spent half my life at UZH” Twenty-one-year-old Maximilian Janisch defended his PhD thesis today. In this interview, the mathematician reflects on his time at UZH and shares his plans for the future. Mehr 2025-06-19 Carole Scheidegger |
The Downside of Part-Time Work With her ERC Advanced Grant the UZH labor geographer Karin Schwiter plans to study the problem of underemployment in Switzerland, the UK and the Netherlands. Mehr 2025-06-18 Roger Nickl |
Research Begins on Landslide in Blatten A few days after the landslide in the Lötschental valley, remote sensing specialists from the University of Zurich (UZH) measured the debris cone from above. Mehr 2025-06-17 Theo von Däniken |
Oldest Diagnosis of Bone Infection in a Dinosaur A severe bone infection most likely caused the dinosaur whose skeleton graces the entrance of UZH's Natural History Museum to meet a sticky end in the mud. Mehr 2025-06-15 Barbara Simpson |
The Power of Images Images can reveal cancer cells and visualize learning processes or environmental degradation. They can simulate the birth of galaxies, analyze how AI-generated images are used, and paint a picture of what ancient Rome may have looked like. The latest UZH Magazin shines a light on the many ways in which UZH researchers are using images to generate knowledge. Mehr 2025-06-15 Kommunikation |
Rückbesinnung auf die eigenen Wurzeln Das Wissen über Heilpflanzen wird in afrikanischen Ländern anders vermittelt. Eine Sonderausstellung im Botanischen Garten beleuchtet die Pflanzenheilkunst in Uganda. Mehr 2025-06-10 Brigitte Blöchlinger |
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 harbor several resistance-conferring genes. They may serve as a durable source of yellow rust resistance in commercial varieties in the future. Mehr 2025-06-04 |
Dr. Paula Kahumbu receives the Honorary Doctorate of the Faculty of Science The Faculty of Science of the University of Zurich awards an Honorary Doctorate to Dr. Paula Kahumbu. She is a leading conservationist and wildlife advocate. Paula Kahumbu has gained international recognition for her research on elephants and her globally successful campain "Hand Off Our Elephants". Mehr 2025-06-02 |
Award ceremony of the Junior Euler Society On Saturday, May 18, 2025, the Junior Euler Society awards ceremony took place at the University of Zurich (UZH). The event focused on over 100 young talents aged between 7 and 19 who have achieved outstanding results in various national and international science olympiads and competitions. Mehr 2025-05-26 PD Dr. Tatiana S. Samrowski |
Live View: Stress-Induced Changes in Generations of Cancer Cells Drugs that affect DNA replication, or radiation that causes direct DNA damage, lead to increasingly diverse offspring over multiple cell generations. This increases the tumor’s genetic complexity and facilitates the development of resistance to therapy. Mehr 2025-05-20 |
«Wir sind in der zweiten Quantenrevolution» Vor 100 Jahren legte Erwin Schrödinger an der UZH die Basis für die Quantenmechanik. Physiker Titus Neupert zu Quantencomputern, neuen Sensoren und zur Stabilität von Tischen. Mehr 2025-05-19 Interview: Thomas Gull und Roger Nickl; Bilder: Stefan Walter |
“I want to rouse enthusiasm” Biodiversity expert Florian Altermatt is the recipient of this year’s UZH Teaching Award. In the portrait below, he tells why he makes students count birds on Lake Zurich and divulges what that has to do with Pokémon. Mehr 2025-05-18 Carole Scheidegger |
Dual Associations with Two Fungi Improve Tree Fitness When trees and soil fungi form associations with each other, both partners benefit. Many tree species even form symbioses with two different types of mycorrhizal fungi at the same time. They cope better with water and nutrient scarcity, which is an important trait for forestry in the face of climate warming. Mehr 2025-05-14 |
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. With the exhibition, which illustrates the diverse forms of communication among plants, the museums for anthropology, botany, paleontology and zoology have now been brought together under one roof. Mehr 2025-05-14 |
A Natural Substitute for Pesticides Chemical pesticides are becoming less and less effective. UZH plant immunologists are exploring a promising alternative that originates in the plants’ own natural defenses. Mehr 2025-05-01 Santina Russo / Translation: Michael Jackson |
Einsteins Relativitätstheorie auf dem Prüfstand Das ESA-Experiment ACES will mit einem Set von präzisen Atomuhren Einsteins Allgemeine Relativitätstheorie prüfen. Physiker Philippe Jetzer ist für die theoretischen Grundlagen des Experiments mitverantwortlich. Mehr 2025-04-28 Theo von Däniken |
Sex and evolution: lessons from the plant kingdom Researchers have uncovered new insights into the evolution of cosexuality in plants by studying the genome of the liverwort Marchantia quadrata. Their findings reveal how sex chromosomes are reshaped when plants transition from separate sexes to cosexuality, providing a window into the broader mechanisms of sex chromosome evolution in plants. Mehr 2025-04-04 Peter Szovenyi |
Bonobos Combine Calls in Similar Ways to Human Language Bonobos – our closest living relatives – create complex and meaningful combinations of calls resembling the word combinations of humans. This study, conducted by researchers at the University of Zurich and Harvard University, challenges long-held assumptions about what makes human communication unique and suggests that key aspects of language are evolutionary ancient. Mehr 2025-04-02 |
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. Mehr 2025-03-31 Barbara Simpson |
The Cosmos on the Blackboard A mysterious phenomenon that’s steadily driving our universe apart, dark energy is almost impossible to grasp. Using new measurement techniques, astrophysicist Marcelle Soares-Santos attempts to shed light on the darkness. Mehr 2025-03-26 Simona Ryser; Translation: Karen Oettli-Geddes |
The Devastating Human Impact on Biodiversity Humans are having a highly detrimental impact on biodiversity worldwide. Not only is the number of species declining, but the composition of species communities is also changing. These are the findings of one of the largest studies ever conducted on this topic. Mehr 2025-03-25 |
Every Tenth of a Degree Helps In many regions, the “eternal ice” of the glaciers will not survive beyond the 21st century – with fatal consequences for millions of people, reports the UZH-based World Glacier Monitoring Service. Mehr 2025-03-20 Barbara Simpson |
Stunning Insights into the Origin of the Universe Data obtained by the Euclid mission provide an unprecedented glimpse into the structure and expansion of the universe. UZH researchers were involved in developing the basis for analyzing the immense amounts of data. Mehr 2025-03-18 |
“Geography has shed its old-fashioned image” Robert Weibel was Professor of Geographical Information Science at GIUZ until the end of January 2025. In this interview, he explains how a US president's executive order changed not only the subject, but the world, what was most important to him in teaching and what his plans are for the future. Mehr 2025-03-05 Prof. em. Robert Weibel |
Neue Spin-offs mit innovativer Technologie Prostatakrebs rechtzeitig erkennen, Transplantationsorgane länger haltbar machen oder ein Labor, das auf einen Chip passt: Spin-offs der UZH machen Ideen aus der Forschung marktreif. Im vergangenen Jahr wurden sechs neue Spin-offs gegründet. Mehr 2025-03-04 Carole Scheidegger |
Young Star Clusters Give Birth to Rogue Planetary-Mass Objects How do rogue planetary-mass objects – celestial bodies with masses between stars and planets – form? An international team of astronomers has used advanced simulations to show that these enigmatic objects are linked to the chaotic dynamics of young star clusters. Mehr 2025-02-26 |
Melting Glaciers Increase Loss of Freshwater Resources and Rise Global Sea Levels The melting ice from glaciers worldwide is leading to an increased loss of regional freshwater resources. Since the year 2000, glaciers have been losing 273 billion tons of ice annually. Mehr 2025-02-18 |
Climate Change Increases Risk of Successive Natural Hazards in the Himalayas An international research team has concluded that the Sikkim flood disaster in the Himalayas in October 2023 was caused by some 14.7 million cubic meters of frozen moraine material collapsing into South Lhonak Lake, triggering a 20-meter flood wave. The event is a striking example of the increasing dangers of climate change in high mountain regions. Mehr 2025-01-29 |
"We might be underestimating biodiversity loss" Researchers have discovered more than 200 new animal and plant species in the Mekong region of Southeast Asia. In an interview with Radio SRF, Sofia van Moorsel, biodiversity expert at the Department of Geography, explains what science can learn from this and whether these species discoveries can put extinction into perspective. Mehr 2025-01-22 Sofia van Moorsel |
Not All Hot Jupiters Orbit Solo Hot Jupiters are giant planets initially known to orbit alone close to their star. A team including the University of Zurich has just announced the existence of a planetary system, WASP-132, with an unexpected architecture. It contains not only a Hot Jupiter but also an inner Super-Earth and an icy giant planet. Mehr 2025-01-14 UZH Communications |
Wissenschaft, die bewegt Die zehn erfolgreichsten Medienmitteilungen des vergangenen Jahres decken ein breites Themenspektrum ab – von Essensvorlieben über einen Durchbruch bei Long-Covid und faszinierende prähistorische Funde bis hin zu neuen Erkenntnissen über die Kultur der Schimpansen und den Ursprung der Syphilis. Jede dieser Meldungen traf einen Nerv und sorgte international für Schlagzeilen. Mehr 2025-01-07 Nathalie Huber |
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First Annual Symposium of the Department of Mathematical Modeling and Machine Learning At the symposium, international guests will give exciting talks on the topics of Mathematical Modeling and Machine Learning. In addition, we are planning a visit to Zurich Airport with a guided tour of the maintenance hangar, enjoy a shared dinner and delicious lunches at the Green Kitchen Lab on the Irchel Campus. Mehr 2025-08-22 Nicole Trolese |
OHI! One Health Interactive The One Health Institute presents an interactive seminar series with international speakers, offering exciting insights into One Health, designed for curious non-experts and scientists alike. Mehr 2025-05-06 Laura Tüshaus-Rudin |
Ig Nobel EuroTour The Ig Nobel Prize celebrates scientific research that first make people laugh, and then make them think. Mehr 2025-03-21 KE |
Minor Days Want more? Many programs, many possibilities - that's what the minor programs at MNF and UZH stand for. In the week from 31.03.-04.04.2025, the minor subjects will present themselves on posters in the atrium on the Irchel campus and on Wednesday, 02.04.2025 with lightning talks at Speed Dating. Mehr 2025-03-17 Korinna Esfeld |
Science Info Day for highschool students On Saturday, March 8, 2025, the Science Info Day, the information day for prospective students, will take place on the Irchel Campus. Are you unsure which mathematics and science degree program is right for you? Get a taste of university life, meet students and gain insights into studying! Mehr 2025-02-09 Korinna Esfeld |
One Health, Many Maps: What Cartography Teaches Us About Antimicrobial Resistance in Humans, Animals The inaugural lecture by Prof. Thom Van Boeckel, One Health Institute (VSF, MeF, MNF), will take place on 17.02.2025 at 17:00 (Aula KOL-G-201) and is entitled “One Health, Many Maps: What Cartography Teaches Us About Antimicrobial Resistance in Humans, Animals, and Food Systems”. Live stream and video at https://www.uzh.ch/en/events/events/av.html Mehr 2025-01-10 Dr. Laura Tüshaus-Rudin |