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Youth tour: KEEP IT CO₂OL

Climate change affects us all – but what can we do about it? And what roles do new technologies, politics and our own actions play? On this tour, we will learn why reducing CO₂ emissions is so important and explore other ideas that are currently being discussed and developed. Can cars powered by renewable energy, […]

When knowledge takes shape

How can scientific ideas and concepts be made visible and easier to understand? The exhibition at extract presents more than 500 historical and contemporary teaching and research models from the scientific collections of ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich – many of them on public display for the first time. Discover mathematical plaster models, […]

How we spy on molecules to design better materials

How can scientists observe objects that are far too small to see with the naked eye? And how does this help them develop new materials for medicine, technology and sustainability? On this interactive laboratory tour, you will discover how researchers in the Macromolecular Engineering Lab study the molecular world. Although molecules are tiny, only a […]