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From biotech and engineering to the latest work in physics – many scientific breakthroughs start life in the clean room. ETH researchers enjoy access to top-notch facilities in Basel and Zurich. 

An outreach project provided an opportunity to look at key concepts in condensed matter physics in new and fun ways.

Researchers at ETH Zurich and the Paul Scherrer Institute have produced an intense, cold beam of exotic atoms. They aim to use this to test a fundamental principle of Einstein’s theory of gravity – the universality of free fall.

The product of almost two decades of planning, ETH Zurich’s new HPQ physics building on the Hönggerberg campus is designed with high-precision experiments in mind. 

An international research team found out how to recover the information stored in the superimposed diffraction signals produced by two-colour X-ray pulses.

Switzerland is to host one of the world’s most advanced quantum computers from IBM. The new system is intended to advance research and training in the field of quantum computing and to strengthen Switzerland’s position as a leading centre of innovation. 

Switzerland’s largest science festival is back from 22 to 30 August 2026 with the theme "How we create knowledge". Find out where to meet our researchers and discover their work.

An interview with D-PHYS alumna Dr Viola Vogler-Neuling, who leads the Bioinspired Photonics Unit within the Soft Matter Physics Group at the Adolphe Merkle Institute, a pole of the University of Fribourg.