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Researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI in Villigen and the Mesoscopic Systems and the Magnetism and Interface Physcs groups have discovered a special phenomenon in magnets. This phenomenon takes place at the nanoscale and enables magnets to be assembled in unusual configurations, which could also be useful for computer technology and data storage.

In a recent Nat. Comm. publication, Jörg F. Löffler from the Laboratory of Metal Physics and Technology (LMPT) and his colleague Jürgen Schawe from Mettler Toledo show that metallic glasses generally reveal multiple critical cooling rates that produce different types of monolithic glass, which the authors termed “self-doped glass” (SDG) and “chemically homogeneous glass” (CHG). The CHG reveals a tendency towards stochastic nucleation, which underlines the novelty of this glass state.

Researchers from the Laboratory for Nanometallurgy at the Department of Materials at ETH Zürich have developed a novel technique for on-demand healing of metal thin films based on the use of an intrinsic heat source.This work represents a first step towards self-healing electronic.

On the international women’s day, Equal! starts a new series of portraits of female assistant professors at ETH. They have different fields of research, come from different countries and have different personalities. With their diversity they enrich ETH Zurich. The first portrait is of Professor Athina Anastasaki, Polymeric Materials

At its meeting of 6/7 March 2019 the ETH Board appointed Professor Lucio Isa (*1979), currently Assistant Professor, as Associate Professor of Soft Materials and Interfaces.

The Materials Theory Group of ETH Zurich and the NCCR MARVEL, National Centre of Competence in Research, have the pleasure to present Julie Birenbaum, the light painting artist, for a unique exhibition at ETH Zurich Hönggerberg.