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Science is revealing the scale of microplastic pollution

Published:15.07.22 — Plastics are everywhere in our environment, even inside living organisms. This article looks at the impact of this major pollution risk and accompanies our report on the SEA Plastics expedition, which is currently crisscrossing the Mediterranean to raise awareness of the issue. 

Beating hackers at bug hunting

Published:14.07.22 — An innovative new collaboration between EPFL’s HexHive Laboratory and Oracle has developed automated, far-reaching technology in the ongoing battle between IT security managers and attackers, hoping to find bugs before the hackers do.

Nominations of EPFL professors

Published:15.07.22 — The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment of professors at EPFL. Professor Martin Hairer, winner of the Fields Medal in 2014, is appointed to the School of Basic Sciences.

Monitoring city mobility from the skies

Published:13.07.22 — EPFL researchers have used swarms of drones to measure city traffic with unprecedented accuracy and precision. Algorithms are then used to identify sources of traffic jams and recommend solutions to alleviate traffic problems.

Chemistry boosts drug libraries

Published:12.07.22 — Scientists at EPFL have found a way to synthesize large numbers of macrocyclic compounds, which are needed for developing drugs against difficult disease targets.

Sprinting, swerving and weaving is a matter of agility

Published:11.07.22 — SUMMER SERIES – Master’s project (2). Soccer, tennis, skiing and many other sports involve changes of direction. For these athletes, performance hinges on speed and agility.

An EPFL mathematician is awarded a Fields Medal

Published:05.07.22 — Maryna Viazovska has received a Fields Medal, a prestigious honor often described as the Nobel Prize of Mathematics, for her work on the sphere-packing problem in 8 and 24 dimensions. Previously, the problem had been solved for only three dimensions or fewer. Another Fields Medal is awarded to University of Geneva mathematician Hugo Duminil-Copin.