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Getting groundbreaking medical technology out of the lab

Published:16.03.20 — New medical technologies hold immense promise for treating a range of conditions. Despite the pace of innovation in the medtech field, however, most discoveries never make it out of the laboratory. New research from EPFL could fast-track the route to clinical translation.

Remote work now mandatory for all EPFL collaborators

Published:15.03.20 — No one is allowed on the EPFL campus without a special exception granted by the DSPS. President Martin Vetterli calls for responsibility and solidarity. No student is allowed either - all courses have been shifted to on-line. 

Explaining the synchronized chaos of atoms in three minutes

Published:13.03.20 — The fifth annual My Thesis in 180 Seconds competition was held behind closed doors last night because of the coronavirus. Out of a high-caliber field, two PhD students from the same laboratory took first and second place and will now go on to the national final.

Gold nanoparticles uncover amyloid fibrils

Published:12.03.20 — EPFL scientists have developed powerful tools to unmask the diversity of amyloid fibrils, which are associated with Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. The scientists made the breakthrough by developing gold nanoparticles that combine with cryogenic transmission electron microscopy, to provide rapid and unprecedented images of fibrils.

How cities have tamed counterculture

Published:11.03.20 — An unprecedented study by EPFL researchers spanning three cities – Geneva, Lisbon and Ljubljana – has revealed how, over the past 40 years, urban cultural policy has blunted the subversive force of counterculture. The change has been so dramatic that, today, art is reduced to a regulated form of profit-making entertainment within a defined space.

Introducing the light-operated hard drives of tomorrow

Published:10.03.20 — What do you get when you place a thin film of perovkite material used in solar cells on top of a magnetic substrate? More efficient hard drive technology. EPFL physicist László Forró and his team pave the way for the future of data storage.

Appointment of EPFL professors

Published:06.03.20 — The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment of 7 professors at EPFL.