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Unraveling the initial molecular events of respiration

Published:18.08.20 — Physicists from Switzerland, Japan and Germany have unveiled the mechanism by which the first event of respiration takes place in heme proteins.

New tool helps interpret future searches for life on exoplanets

Published:18.08.20 — One way to determine whether there is life on another planet is to look for biosignatures in the light that is scattered off its atmosphere. Scientists at EPFL and University of Rome Tor Vergata have developed an original model that interprets the results of that analysis.

Bringing computational music analysis beyond the traditional canon

Published:17.08.20 — Scientists in EPFL’s Digital and Cognitive Musicology Lab (DCML), led by Martin Rohrmeier, have used data science and statistical techniques to characterize the musical style of choro, a primarily instrumental genre from Brazil, for the very first time.

Aleksandra Radenovic, from the Balkans to Lake Geneva

Published:14.08.20 — Summer series: A calling for research. Aleksandra Radenovic, who heads the Laboratory of Nanoscale Biology in EPFL’s School of Engineering, spoke to us about her extraordinary life experience, which has made her into a researcher who values openness and close cooperation with her team.

How a protein stops cells from attacking their own DNA

Published:14.08.20 — Scientists at EPFL have demonstrated the mechanism that allows cells to fight off viral DNA without triggering an immune response against their own genetic material.

Uranium reveals its true nature

Published:13.08.20 — EPFL scientists have made a significant discovery in how nanoscale minerals form naturally, including the way in which they transition from a soluble to a solid state. Their findings could be used to inform radioactive waste management.

The (neuro)science of getting and staying motivated

Published:13.08.20 — Neuroscientists at EPFL and the University of Edinburgh have discovered that the degree of motivation and the stamina to keep it up depends on the ratio between the neurotransmitters glutamine and glutamate in the nucleus accumbens of the brain.