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How Would Fungi Take Over the World?
The launch of the FunGathering Seminar Series at ETH Zürich proved one thing above all else: fungi already have.
Meet the MaP Award 2026 Finalists!
Every year, one doctoral thesis rises above the rest. We are thrilled to announce the four finalists for the MaP Award 2026, recognising the best doctoral research in Materials and Processes at ETH Zurich submitted in 2025.
Soft Matter Science and Mechanics Symposium & Swiss Soft Days — Recap
Close to 100 researchers from across Switzerland gathered at ETH Zurich on 17 April 2026 for the grand finale of the Soft Talks series: a full day of invited talks, research pitches, and scientific image contest.
“I’m a research-based artist and art-focused researcher”
[MaP Student Portrait] Andrea Ling, a fifth-year doctoral student in Prof. Benjamin Dillenburger’s Digital Building Technologies group, participated in the Venice Biennale. As national representative for Canada, she explored the potential for collaboration between humans and nature.
"We control disorder"
[MaP Student Portrait] Benjamin Fahl is a second-year doctoral student in the Disordered Materials Group led by Prof. Arkadiy Simonov at the Department of Materials (D-MATL). He values MaP as a broader community that connects him to other researchers.
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