ETH Zurich

Corrosion wars: C2D2 inspects and detects concrete wear

By April Gocha / September 2, 2014

A team of researchers at ETH Zürich has tailored a previously designed robot that can walk walls and ceilings—and originally designed to do some fancy filming for Disney—to inspect bridges for corrosion.

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Could a bamboo fiber composite replace steel reinforcements in concrete?

By Jessica McMathis / August 22, 2014

Scientists at Singapore’s Future Cities Laboratory say bamboo, a natural—and unnaturally strong—wood, could serve as a concrete reinforcement replacement in places where steel isn’t so plentiful.

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As seen in bombardier beetles: Chemical reactions may protect money in ATMs

By April Gocha / May 9, 2014

Researchers at ETH Zürich have taken the bombardier beetle’s example to develop a chemical defense system that could eventually protect money in ATM machines from would-be thieves.

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Video of the week #2: 2009 Orton Lecture – Innovations in Ceramic Processing by Tailoring Solid-Liquid and Solid-Gas Interfaces – by Ludwig Gauckler

By / November 12, 2009

ETH Zurich professor Ludwig J. Gauckler gave the 2009 Edward Orton Jr. Memorial Lecture at the recently completed ACerS Annual Meeting and MST’09 Conference. “Tailoring the solid–gas and solid–liquid interfaces…

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