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A machine designs new Swiss Alpine architecture at the Seoul Biennale

Published:19.10.21 — The Artificial Swissness exhibit – a larger than life-sized “design brain” developed by EPFL’s Media x Design Lab (LDM) – is currently on display at the Seoul Biennale for Architecture and Urbanism, which runs until 31 October 2021. This high-tech machine can generate a virtually infinite number of architectural images of Swiss Alpine cabins.

Sarah Gilbert wins the 2021 Erna Hamburger Prize

Published:18.10.21 — The EPFL WISH Foundation will present the 2021 Erna Hamburger Award to Prof. Dame Sarah Gilbert, a British vaccinologist and expert in vaccines against influenza and emerging viral pathogens, at a ceremony on October 18.

Our brains have a “fingerprint” too

Published:18.10.21 — An EPFL scientist has pinpointed the signs of brain activity that make up our brain fingerprint, which – like our regular fingerprint – is unique.

New nanowire architectures boost computers' processing power

Published:15.10.21 — Valerio Piazza is creating new 3D architectures built from an inventive form of nanowire. His research aims to push the boundaries of miniaturization and pave the way to more powerful electronic devices. He has just won the 2020 Piaget Scientific Award, whose prize money will fund his work at EPFL for a year.

Social media and AI can measure the aesthetic quality of landscapes

Published:15.10.21 — To measure an ecosystem’s beauty and the well-being it produces for people can help inform public environmental policy. Scientists at EPFL and Wageningen University in the Netherlands have developed a novel modeling approach for ecosystem assessments based on deep learning and millions of Flickr photos.

New proteins enable scientists to control cell activities

Published:14.10.21 — EPFL scientists have developed new controlled proteins and used to switch cellular activities on and off like a light bulb.

How to force photons to never bounce back

Published:13.10.21 — EPFL scientists have developed a topology-based method that forces microwave photons to travel along a one way path, despite unprecedented levels of disorder and obstacles on their way. This discovery paves the way to a new generation of high-frequency circuits and extremely robust, compact communication devices.