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The most complete survey of accreting supermassive black holes, performed by an international collaboration including ETH astronomers, provides answers to how the close environment of these black holes is shaped.

A network consisting of 18 research groups in various departments of ETH Zurich conducts research into the postdigital future. A new video provides insights into the world of this research.

At this year's first-year students event the Departments of Mathematics and Physics welcomed their new students of the degree programmes Mathematics, Physics and Computational Science and Engineering (RW/CSE).

Three researchers are to receive ERC Starting Grants from the European Research Council (ERC) for their projects at ETH Zurich, among them particle physicist Lesya Shchutska. These prestigious grants are awarded to talented individuals from around Europe at the start of their careers

How our world will look in the future? What does digital change means for our society? These are questions of broad interest. More than 30,000 visitors came on the weekend of 1–3 September to immerge at the University of Zurich and at ETH Zurich in the world of data — and to get inspired by science.