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The ETH Board has confirmed Prof. Dr. Günther Dissertori to be the new Rector. He will we take over the duties of Prof. Dr. Sarah M. Springman, who has served in this role since 2015.

The National Academy of Sciences (USA) has announced the election of 30 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in research, among them ETH physicist Ursula Keller. 

The demonstration that a tiny cloud of atoms can be turned from a heat engine into a cooler by cranking up the interactions between the particles provides both deep fundamental insight and a possible template for more efficient thermoelectric devices.