ETH has published a Git repo of the latest version of Oberon/A2

A complex cytoskeleton, previously only observed in eukaryotic cells, is now found in a new species of archaea from the Asgard group, supporting the theory that eukaryotes evolved from Asgard archaea

Why conflict parties cease fighting

Magma on Mars Likely - Until now, Mars has been generally considered a geologically dead planet

Fighting tumours with magnetic bacteria

Climate change made the 2022 summer droughts more likely

It is not only classical genes that determine our predisposition to obesity, researchers have now shown that microRNA-7 molecules play a central role in the regulation of body weight: “is the first microRNA for which we’ve been able to demonstrate an association with obesity”

One more clue to the Moon’s origin

Switzerland's 1,400 glaciers have lost more than half their total volume since the early 1930s, a new study has found, and researchers say the ice retreat is accelerating at a time of growing concerns about climate change

Researchers have created the first full connectivity map of the human immune system, showing how immune cells communicate with each other and ways to modulate these pathways in disease, including many previously unknown interactions that shed light on the organisation of the body’s immune defences

Retbleed: Arbitrary Speculative Code Execution with Return Instructions

Wearable Muscles

A new study shows that breast cancer metastases form more efficiently while patients are sleeping: “When the affected person is asleep, the tumour awakens”

Principles of Distributed Computing (lecture collection)

Small Guide to Giving Presentations

Proteins can suppress appetite, so a protein-​rich diet can help people lose weight

Researchers have developed a wearable device that plays specific sounds to enhance deep sleep

A team of ETH researchers led by Athina Anastasaki have succeeded in breaking down plastic into its molecular building blocks and in recovering over 90 percent of them

Finding Missed Optimizations through the Lens of Dead Code Elimination

Understanding and Exploiting Optimal Function Inlining

Almost all chemicals burden the planet

Study: Without stronger climate action, the five biggest emitters—China, US, EU, India, and Russia—will double the number of countries regularly experiencing extreme hot years by 2030

While much is known about extreme weather events on land, there has been little research into those that occur in the ocean

Online hate speech has become a pressing issue. New study shows that empathy-based counter speech can reduce hate speech

Study: Global carbon footprint of plastics has doubled since 1995, reaching 2 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2015

Blacksmith – Rowhammer bit flips on all DRAM devices today despite mitigations

Conditionally-Perfect Secrecy and a Provably-Secure Randomized Cipher (1992)

High-Throughput Random Number Generation Using Quad Row Activation in DRAM Chips

Researchers have developed a condenser for places where water is in short supply

Lean Software (1995)

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