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2024 ES&T Best Paper Award
The paper "Legacy and Emerging Plasticizers and Stabilizers in PVC Floorings and Implications for Recycling" by Helene Wiesinger and co-authors received the 2024 ES&T Best Paper Award. The study shows that 16% of new PVC floorings in Switzerland still contain regulated substances such as DEHP and lead, underscoring the need for transparency and chemical safety in circular economy.
Paper: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.3c04851 Award: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.est.5c15123
D-BAUG Research Day 2025: From Micro to Macro
On 7 October 2025, the Association of Scientific Staff at D-BAUG invites all students, researchers and professors to the department’s annual “Meet & Share” event. This year’s theme will be “From Micro to Macro”, highlighting the variety of scales that researchers at our department work on – from the smallest processes to large-scale systems. Doctoral candidates and researchers from all institutes will present selected case studies. Join us for an afternoon of exchange, insight and inspiration!
Luiz Silva honoured as AFS Fellow 2025
At the 155th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society (AFS) in San Antonio, Texas, Luiz Silva received the AFS Fellow Award 2025. He joins four other recipients in this year’s Fellows Class, recognised for their outstanding contributions to the diverse fields represented within the AFS. The AFS Fellow Award is one of the society’s highest honours and celebrates long-standing excellence in fisheries science, education and service.
Trees need water to cool the city
Urban trees are often seen as natural allies in fighting summer heat waves. But how much they actually help to cool their surroundings depends heavily on how moist the soil is. This is the main finding of a new study, led by environmental engineers at ETH Zurich and Eawag, which investigated several urban neighbourhoods in Zurich.