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Published 19 March 2019 ETH Zurich presented the Spark Award 2019

On 19 March 2019 ETH Zurich presented the Spark Award 2019. The award stands for the most promising invention, which was filed for a patent in 2018. The video features the work of Dr Sreenath Bolisetty and Professor Raffaele Mezzenga from the Department of Health Sciences and Technologies as well as Professor Qingrui Zhang from Yanshan University. The presented technology won the Spark Award 2019 for a new membrane which filters fluoride from drinking water and industrial waste water.

More information on http://www.ethz.ch/sparkaward

Published in July 2017 Filmcut from Le génie des lieux: L'ÉCOLE DU FUTURE À ZURICH, THE SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE IN ZURICH, Video provided by ARTE France, FOLAMOUR Productions

“Inventing the Future in Zurich” shows how ETH is tackling some of the world’s most pressing problems, and how our scientists are working across many complex fields to create a sustainable future. Watch the feature in full length here.

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"A new 18K gold made of plastic”

Publiced in January 2020 An 18-carat gold nugget made of plastic | ETH Zurich

Enlarged view: Publiced in April 2020, Bilanz | Das Schweizer Wirtschaftsmagazin — Publiced in April 2020, Bilanz | Das Schweizer Wirtschaftsmagazin

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A new 18K gold made of plastic (only a small selection!)

Enlarged view: Credit to Felix Schaad, Tages Anzeiger 05.12.2015 — Credit to Felix Schaad, Tages Anzeiger 05.12.2015

Published on Nov 29, 2015 This gold is lighter than the foam in your latte Swiss researchers used cutting-edge techniques to create a foam gold that's 98 percent air. Video provided by Newsy

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Enlarged view: gold_flower — Even when it seems unbelievable: this is a genuine photograph, in which nothing has been faked. The 20 carats gold foam is lighter than milk foam. (Photo: Gustav Nyström and Raffaele Mezzenga / ETH Zurich)

Amyloid Templated Gold Aerogels (only a small selection!)

"It shines like gold, but..."

Enlarged view: Sendung Einstein vom 2013

From the Einstein mission from Thursday, December 12, 2013, by Sandra Odermatt

Researchers at ETH Zurich can produce ultra-thin, stable gold foils. The "hybrid gold" is a mixture of the precious metal - and milk protein. Color, consistency and conductivity can be varied: an invention that could be of interest to food, electronics or watchmaker ...

More on Swiss Radio and Television (SRF) "external pageAs the gold mixture in the laboratory created (only available in German Language)" from December 12, 2013