CELLSIUS,?an association of students at ETH Zurich, has been awarded the Jakob Ackeret?Prize 2025. The award recognises the development of the H2-Sling, a?hydrogen-powered aircraft that, to the best of current knowledge, is the?world’s first fully functional student-built hydrogen aircraft.
Andrew Jackson is Professor of Earth and Planetary Magnetism at D-EAPS. His instrumental work in the field of geomagnetism led to the creation of a model which has been used by "virtually every study of the historical magnetic field of the last 20 years". In receiving the Society's highest honour - which dates back 200 years - he joins the likes of Stephen Hawking, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Albert Einstein and Edwin Hubble.
Christophe Copéret, Professor of Surface and Interfacial Chemistry at?D-CHAB, has been elected to the French Academy of Sciences. The Academy plays a?key role in promoting scientific dialogue.?