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Artificial intelligence helps speed up ecological surveys

Published:01.12.21 — Scientists at EPFL, the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Wageningen University & Research have developed a new deep-learning model for counting the number of seals in aerial photos that is considerably faster than doing it by hand. With this new method, valuable time and resources could be saved which can be used to further study and protect endangered species.

Quantum physics across dimensions: Unidirectional Kondo Scattering

Published:30.11.21 — An international team led by EPFL scientists, has unveiled a unique quantum-mechanical interaction between electrons and topological defects in layered materials that has only been observed in engineered atomic thin layers. The phenomenon can be reproduced by the native defects of lab grown large crystals, making future investigation of Kondo systems and quantum electronic devices more accessible.

Ozone causes our skin to emit tiny airborne particles

Published:29.11.21 — An international research team including EPFL scientists has found that whenever we encounter ozone, it reacts with lipids in our skin to create nanoparticles.

EPFL and ETH Zurich launch their first joint doctoral programme

Published:26.11.21 — Switzerland’s two federal institutes of technology have teamed up to offer a new joint doctoral programme in the learning sciences. It aims to train experts to draw on their technological and scientific knowledge in the interests of forwarding the research, teaching and learning.

Tissue engineering using mechanobiology and robotic micromanipulation

Published:25.11.21 — A team of EPFL engineers has discovered a strategy to shape living tissues like dough.

A new specialization in Computer Science for teaching

Published:24.11.21 — As computer science emerges as an important new high school subject across Switzerland, EPFL and HEP, the teacher’s training college in Vaud, have joined forces to launch a Master with specialization in Computer Science for teaching.

At the Dubochet Center for imaging, atoms are made visible

Published:23.11.21 — Fully operational for two weeks, the Dubochet Center for Imaging was presented to the press on November 22. The DCI houses the world’s most advanced cryo-electron microscopes, which promises considerable advances in biomedical research thanks to the precision of the images that these microscopes can obtain.