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Brain ‘signature' could help to diagnose schizophrenia

Published:13.07.20 — People with schizophrenia and their healthy siblings share patterns of brain activity that are different from those seen in individuals with no family history of the disorder, scientists from EPFL have found. Because the siblings do not show schizophrenia symptoms, this brain ‘signature’ could serve as a marker for the early diagnosis of the disorder. The findings, published in Nature Communications, could open up avenues for developing new treatments for schizophrenia.

Transplantable lab-grown organs move a step closer

Published:10.07.20 — A liver organoid developed at EPFL offers new promise in transplantation and the study of liver disease.

ClearSpace-1 mission kicks off

Published:10.07.20 — Work has just begun on building the first satellite that can capture and deorbit space debris. Making the space activities more sustainable is a huge responsibility – one that the European Space Agency has entrusted to EPFL startup ClearSpace.

Maryna Viazovska, explorer of mathematical dimensions

Published:07.07.20 — Summer Series: A calling for research. Maryna Viazovska, who holds the Chair of Number Theory at EPFL, has resolved the problem of sphere packing in 8 and 24 dimensions.

A secure, decentralized search engine for journalists

Published:06.07.20 — An EPFL laboratory has developed Datashare Network, a decentralized search engine paired with a secure messaging system that allows investigative journalists to exchange information securely and anonymously. An scientific article on this subject will be presented during the Usenix Security Symposium which will be held online from August 12 to 14.

EPFL architecture students publish their designs in print

Published:02.07.20 — EPFL’s first-year architecture students usually have the chance to build full-scale versions of their designs. But this year’s cohort will instead publish a book featuring blueprints for structures along the banks of the Rhône and Arve rivers in Geneva

Ethics and AI: an unethical optimization principle

Published:01.07.20 — EPFL professor Anthony Davison and co-authors provide a mathematical basis for concerns about ethical implications of AI.