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The microchip of a female lemur at Zurich Zoo has been recorded 82,476 times over the course of her life. The most comprehensive data set of its kind to date – which was also collected with the help of the Center for Project-Based Learning (PBL) – is the subject of the latest Zoo column.

Dr Haotong Qin, a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Project-Based Learning (PBL) headed by Professor Michele Magno, has been included in the Forbes “30 under 30” Asia list in the “Healthcare & Science” category. He is researching how large language models (LLMs) can be trained more efficiently.

The ETH Board has awarded the title of "Professor" to Dr Michele Magno, Head of the Center for Project-Based Learning (PBL), and Dr Yaroslav Romanyuk, Head of the Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics at Empa.

Michele Magno from the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering and his team have won the 2026 KITE Award. The award recognises the newly redesigned compulsory course ‘Embedded Systems’, which implements project-based learning on a large scale for the first time.

Prof. Timothée Proix, group leader of the Neural Dynamics Lab at the Institute of Neuroinformatics, and researcher colleagues have shown that the human brain uses semantic expectations to shape the processing of speech sounds. The findings, published in Nature Communications, provide new insights into the neural mechanisms that support rapid language comprehension.

The SAFARI Research Group has received two 2026 Intel Hardware Security Academic Awards (IHSAA), recognising both its pioneering RowHammer research and recent work on securing DRAM against read disturbance.