Experience first-hand what it feels like to be constantly watched. In a walk-through installation, cameras track your every move, bringing the topics of artificial intelligence, surveillance and data protection to life in an emotional way. Voices from the worlds of science, medicine and culture provide context and encourage reflection.
State-of-the-art research infrastructure, forward-looking teaching with immersive methods and augmented reality, and spin-offs for the medical care of tomorrow: Experience firsthand the methods used by Balgrist University Hospital to treat musculoskeletal disorders.
Do you know when the “Russian” or “Asian” flu struck Switzerland? The pandemics of the 20th century have largely been forgotten. Yet we could learn from the experiences of these crises. The leaddata.ch project is bringing this knowledge back to light.
What if the secret to reading better were hidden in a video game? Our project EduGame set out to find out – and the answer might surprise you. By training attention through action games, children improved their reading fluency. Turns out, playing and learning aren’t so different after all!
Blockchains rely on a Consensus Protocol: a strict algorithm forcing computers to agree on the same state of recorded data. But what happens when network parameters change? The experiment is in your hands. Come build a stable live blockchain network or try to sabotage its communication!
Language is one of the most important features of human communication. Artificial intelligence helps us analyze, understand, and even generate language. Learn what information is contained in language and what methods we use to study it.
AgroVet-Strickhof is researching ways to feed cows more sustainably. Find out why they produce methane and how special feed additives can help reduce emissions – for a more climate-friendly agricultural sector.
How does AI enhance collaborative research in “citizen science”? Learn where researchers are relying on AI and where citizens can work with AI to support researchers, using the examples of two projects on birdwatching and storytelling.
Discover the secret life of an extraordinary insect: the fruit fly Drosophila prolongata. Despite its tiny size, this remarkable fly is known for its elaborate courtship dances, exceptionally long forelegs, and fierce territorial battles.
Healthy longevity means “a person is able to do the things he or she values for as long as possible”. Learn how the Healthy Longevity Center uses data from everyday life to develop innovative methods that enable people to lead fulfilling and healthy lives well into old age.
Successful research requires brilliant minds, but also state-of-the-art technical support. Get hands-on experimenting with laboratory methods and equipment and learn how they can be used to study the fundamental building blocks of life, such as DNA, proteins, and fats.
Become a microbe detective! Discover the fascinating world of microbes and find out how researchers track them down. Interactive stations, a hidden-object puzzle and exciting insights into everyday research life show how scientific discoveries are made.
Mint & pepper inspires children and teens to get excited about technology and research. At the booth, you can take part in interactive workshops on robotics, programming, and medical technology—and see for yourself how innovative technologies are shaping our everyday lives and the future.
How can we secure the future of food? Discover how researchers use drones, environmental DNA and sustainable farming approaches to develop new solutions for agriculture and food systems. Learn how ETH Zurich is educating the experts who will shape the future of food.
What do chocolate and coffee have in common with volcanoes and lakes? Explore simple hands-on experiments and discover how everyday experiences in the kitchen can help explain fascinating processes inside and on our planet.
How does atmospheric chemistry affect us? From Zurich’s air quality to ocean acidification, the atmosphere shapes our health, environment and climate. Dive into our live experiments to see this invisible science behind the air we breathe.
Exercise doesn’t just protect the heart. It sharpens the memory, stabilizes mental health, and slows down the aging process. Even small changes can lead to lasting improvements in quality of life. The question isn’t whether exercise is beneficial—it’s how much. And that’s exactly what very few people know.
Studying how animals perceive, learn, and make decisions can help us understand the evolutionary diversity of intelligence. But how do we measure thinking in animals that cannot tell us what they know?
The Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research ‘Evolving Language’ investigates the evolutionary origins and future development of linguistic communication, bringing together research groups from the humanities, linguistics and computer science, the social sciences and the natural sciences.
What do arcade games and power grids have in common? Both rely on automation. Challenge an algorithm, test your reflexes and discover how intelligent control systems help create a reliable and sustainable energy grid for the future.
Motor skills, sleep, memory: All of these change over the course of our lives and reveal something about how we develop One goal of our research is to better understand different developmental pathways and challenges. Find out how you measure up in our developmental tests.
How does a research question become a new therapy? Discover how regenerative medicine can repair damaged cells, tissues, and organs. Through microscopy, 3D printing, and interactive demonstrations, experience how scientific knowledge is created and transformed into medical innovation.
Clouds shape our weather and the water cycle. Whether water vapour becomes cloud droplets or ice crystals and whether rain or snow falls is determined by processes on a microscopic scale. Discover the hidden mechanisms that create clouds and precipitation.
What can your eyes reveal about the way you think and make decisions? Try eye tracking and virtual reality, see your gaze in real time and discover how researchers study attention, learning and spatial decision-making.
How can a humanoid robot understand what you are looking for? Discover how robots combine cameras, sensors and language to understand their surroundings and find objects based on natural language instructions.
How can machines see, understand and navigate the world? Discover intelligent sensors and EdgeAI powering autonomous drones, robotic assistants, wearable health monitors and next-generation vision systems that process information directly on the device.
Will children in the future be genetically engineered and conceived in artificial wombs? Learn what is currently possible and permitted in reproductive medicine, and reflect on where the potential and limitations lie in the future.
Take an online journey through Switzerland’s historic landscapes and discover how our view of these landscapes has changed over time. Through historical photographs and objects, learn how photographic reproductions influence our perception of works of art.
Don’t be fooled by the name: Rare diseases affect more than half a million people in Switzerland – half of whom are children. This is a serious issue, as many of these diseases are genetic and the impairments last a lifetime. Learn about the research approaches that may offer hope.
From navigation to climate and Earth monitoring, satellites constantly observe our planet. By measuring tiny changes in satellite signals, scientists can monitor earthquakes, melting glaciers, water resources and environmental change. Discover how space technology helps us better understand our changing world.
How can complex content be presented in a way that is both understandable and engaging? IMMERSE demonstrates how Extended Reality (XR) and artificial intelligence are transforming education and knowledge transfer. Immersive learning environments allow users to experience scientific content in an interactive, spatial, and hands-on way.
Many of the achievements for the benefit of humans, animals and the environment that we now take for granted, would not have been possible without animal experimentation. Through advancing innovative methods, research is increasingly focusing to replace, reduce and refine animal experimentation.
What happens inside your muscles when you exercise? Try electrical muscle stimulation, discover how scientists measure muscle function and fatigue, and explore how sports science helps us better understand human performance.
Here’s a challenge for you: Create words that don’t exist yet! Why? Because this shows us how the human mind shapes language. What ideas will you turn into a new word? This will help us uncover the creative spark that drives the evolution of language.
Meet robots built for the real world. Discover how they perceive their surroundings, adapt to changing conditions and navigate challenging environments. Learn how legged robots could help in places that are difficult, dangerous or far beyond human reach.
How can data improve medicine? Step into smart shoes, try rehabilitation games or identify the warning signs of sepsis on a tablet. Discover how researchers turn signals into valuable health information and how algorithms help make medical treatments safer.
Have you ever wanted to talk to Albert Einstein? Digital Einstein is a lifelike AI avatar that brings one of history’s greatest physicist to life. Ask him about relativity, his discoveries, or whatever is on your mind, and experience a unique conversation powered by artificial intelligence.
Microbiomes are everywhere: on our skin, in our gut, in soil and in water. Discover how researchers study these hidden communities and learn why they are so important for human health, the environment and life on Earth.
What can ancient human remains tell us about the evolution of health and disease? State-of-the-art imaging techniques and ancient pathogen DNA analysis can reveal hidden traces of disease, showing what biomedicine and archaeology can achieve together.
New technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics are transforming surgery and creating new opportunities for research and education. The OR-X enables us to explore and test such developments, while allowing surgeons to train with new techniques under clinically relevant conditions.
What would life be without bread, potatoes, fruit or sugar? Discover how plants store starch, an important source of energy, and how chromosome duplication has shaped many of the crops we rely on today. Through hands-on activities for all ages, explore how plant research can help develop better crops for the future.
What if you could build using individual atoms? Discover how researchers use specially shaped laser beams to trap and move atoms with extraordinary precision, creating powerful new platforms for next-generation quantum technologies.
The Pope in a down coat? US President Donald Trump being arrested by the police? Two examples of AI-generated content that went viral. It’s becoming increasingly difficult for us to distinguish “real” images from fake ones. Learn here how vulnerable you are and how to spot AI-generated images.
To understand the consequences of environmental pollution, climate change, or the decline in biodiversity, it is often necessary to take a broader perspective. Thanks to the latest technology, remote sensing from the air or from space reveals how humans impact the environment.
How does our brain integrate information from various senses? How does it decide which information is important? We investigate these processes and study difficulties in sensory processing – such as those that may occur in people with developmental or learning disabilities.
Soils hold clues about the past, present and future of our planet. As a diverse foundation of life on Earth, they vary greatly across the globe. Understanding them is key to addressing global environmental challenges.
Fractals are fascinating structures whose patterns repeat themselves across different scales. If you look more closely, you will always discover new details that resemble the overall pattern. Fractals can be found both in mathematics and in numerous structures in nature.
At CERN, physicists are investigating what holds the world together at its core. Two of the major unresolved questions are the origin of dark matter and the difference between matter and antimatter.
Muons are tiny elementary particles that pass through everything. As they do so, they gather information—just like detectives. Learn how researchers use this information to study all kinds of things: from archaeological finds and fundamental laws of physics to snow in the Alps.
The Student Project House (SPH) is the place at ETH where students can give free rein to their creativity and let their own ideas run wild. With no pressure to achieve good grades or rigid curricula, this creative think- and makerspace offers the freedom to simply try something new, regardless of one’s degree program.
The Ancient World Meets the Future! How would the NZZ or Watson have reported on Caesar’s death? And what was a Roman Senate session really like? Experience how AI brings millennia-old history to life. Explore worlds of the past and take home your AI-generated souvenir, hot off the press!
Today, high-performance microscopes make it possible to capture precise images of even the tiniest cells. However, analyzing such images is complex and time-consuming. Learn how artificial intelligence can be used to quickly and reliably count and categorize even millions of cells.
The retreat of glaciers is one of the most visible signs of climate change. State-of-the-art instruments and vivid models illustrate how this retreat is measured and what the future holds for Switzerland’s glaciers.
Explore three areas of environmental organic chemistry: photochemistry, microplastics, and PFAS. Discover how scientists investigate the fate of chemicals in the environment and learn more about where chemicals are found, how they are transformed and why many chemicals pose a risk for ecosystems and human health.
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) plays a central role for the understanding of diseases and finding treatments. Using Spinal Muscular Atrophy as an example, we show how lack of processing of an RNA in neurons triggers the disease, which is treated with a small therapeutic RNA.
How is climate knowledge developed? Discover, through tree rings, experiments and climate models, how researchers reconstruct past climates, visualise the greenhouse effect and calculate future trends for Switzerland. Hands-on science that helps you understand.
Which is more valuable to you: time or money? How willing are you to take risks? Through experimental games, neuroeconomics explores the driving forces behind human behavior. And using state-of-the-art technology, it examines what happens in the brain when we make decisions.
One word, a thousand possibilities! Young children have to learn language from scratch, and that includes the meaning of every single word. The child-friendly language that adults use when talking to young children helps them with this.
Is there a link between language and toolmaking? Neuroarchaeology investigates whether similar cognitive and neural processes are involved in both. Learn how researchers are exploring this questions using archaeological, linguistic, and neuroscientific approaches.
How can light capture and move tiny particles? And how are light sources created on the atomic scale? Discover the fascinating world of light-matter interactions and learn more about the latest quantum technologies.
How do rockfalls and debris avalanches occur? Through simulations and experiments, discover how researchers investigate natural hazards in the mountains and work to better understand and assess their risks.
Do you like chocolate? Find out how our consumption is linked to the living conditions of cocoa farmers in West Africa. Learn more about child labour and how research at ETH is testing effective solutions, and cast your vote on our voting wall.
Wireless devices that we carry on us constantly transmit information. Even if this information is encrypted, it can reveal a great deal about us. The TRACE project is investigating how to detect covert trackers in so called Crowdsourced Finding Networks and how to make communication more secure in the future.
To explore the origins of language, researchers from the NCCR Evolving Language travel around the world and study animal communication in their natural habitats. Through observations and recordings, they aim to understand how our own language has evolved.
What can our skin reveal about health and disease? Explore skin samples under the microscope and discover how scientific images are created. Can you tell the difference between real research images and AI-generated pictures?
Author Robert Walser’s drafts are small works of art in their own right. Written in minuscule script on a wide variety of surfaces, these micrograms offer insight into his creative process. Try to decipher the original micrograms and write as small as Walser.
