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An international collaboration released new constraints on the value of the Hubble constant based on the study of strongly lensed quasars.

A workshop took place at ETH on October 29, organized by the bilateral Swiss-South African HIRAX calibration team.

Please join us in welcoming Tommaso Boschi as a new data scientist in the Cosmology Research Group.

Please join us in welcoming Amber Martinovits as a new events and project coordinator in the Cosmology Research Group.

Konrad Osterwalder was Rector of ETH Zurich from 1995 to 2006, and also served as Interim President during a difficult period. He played a central role in making ETH Zurich an open, international and innovative university and was a gifted teacher and mentor. He sadly passed away on 19 December at the age of 83.

For years, ETH researchers have been investigating a molecular complex that plays a key role in protein synthesis. They have now discovered that this complex also contributes a crucial function in ensuring that our DNA is properly processed and “packaged”. 

The Head of the Archives of Contemporary History at ETH Zurich contemplates how events become “historic” and reaches some surprising conclusions about 2025.  

Engineers, biomedical researchers, computer scientists, and many other members of the ETH Zurich community have made great strides in research and teaching. Here is a brief review of an eventful year.