University of Zurich

The University of Zurich (UZH) is merging its four natural sciences museums – the Zoological Museum, the Paleontological Museum, the Museum of Anthropology and the Botanical Museum – into the Natural History Museum (NMZ). To mark its…

Most of the research conducted at the Faculty of Science (MNF) takes place in and around UZH’s Irchel campus in Zurich. Some MNF researchers, however, get to go out into the wild to uncover new and exciting insights. Some travel to…

The latest figures from the Swiss Cancer League speak for themselves: every year around 1,200 people in Switzerland are diagnosed with leukemia, which corresponds to 2.7 percent of all cancer cases. It is somewhat more common in men…

Citizen science projects get members of the public involved in research projects to work on scientific questions. Citizen Science Zurich, a joint initiative of the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich supported by the Mercator…

Artificial intelligence (AI) can help plant scientists collect and analyze unprecedented volumes of data, which would not be possible using conventional methods. Researchers at the University of Zurich (UZH) have now used big data, machine…

In the run-up to elections and referendums, the news media play an important role in shaping public opinion. A new study by the fög shows that news coverage in the major media outlets in particular is diverse and politically balanced. While…

A new self-assessment tool enables researchers at the University of Zurich to systematically check their projects for any data protection or ethical issues. The tool is also intended to increase awareness and improve research security.…

Oliver Ullrich, Director of the UZH Space Hub and professor at the Institute of Anatomy, has been awarded the Life Sciences Award by the International Academy of Astronautics. The aerospace medicine expert is being recognized for his…

Ransomware, DDoS, data theft, data loss: in recent years, universities have increasingly been targeted by cybercriminals. The University of Zurich has not been spared and was threatened by a cyberattack earlier this year. For hackers,…

Experts from ETH Zurich, the University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich have used machine learning to jointly create a innovative method. This new approach can predict how individual cells react to specific treatments, offering…