Dogs are “really good at reading our emotions,” says one expert. But we’re not so good at reading theirs. By  guest author Melinda Wenner Moyer form the New York Times My family is one of the estimated 23 million American households that got a pandemic pet, and Ozzy, our new beloved German Shepherd-Afghan Hound-Chow Chow … More What Your Dog Wants

By guest authors Douglas Belkin and Melissa Korn from the Wall Street Journal Princeton University’s president has recommended that the school’s board of trustees fire a tenured classics professor, concluding he didn’t cooperate fully in a sexual-misconduct investigation, according to a copy of his letter to the board’s chair reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. … More Princeton University’s president has recommended that the school’s board of trustees fire a tenured classics professor

Three Empa researchers were appointed professors at ETH Zurich and EPFL today: Tanja Zimmermann, who will head Empa as its new CEO as of 1 June, Mickaël Perrin and Johann Michler. By guest author Norbert Raabe from Swiss Empa. From the beginning of June this year, Tanja Zimmermann, Mickaël Perrin and Johann Michler will pass … More Swiss Empa Academic teaching – New professorships for Empa researchers

A new robot is capable of switching from an underwater drone to an aerial vehicle in less than one second. The robot also features a suction disc inspired by the remora fish, which enables it to hitchhike on wet or dry moving objects to significantly reduce its power consumption. It is designed for biological and … More Swiss Empa: A hitchhiker’s guide through water and air – A drone for ultrafast transitions between air and water