An EPFL research project has developed a method based on machine-learning to quickly and accurately search large databases, leading to the discovery of 14 new materials for solar cells. @epflsb

go.epfl.ch/1691ee

EPFL researchers have found that around 15% of the Wikipedia content is effectively invisible to readers browsing within the platform. They have developed a new tool to help overcome this. EPFL Computer and Communication Sciences

go.epfl.ch/d40beb

Researchers at EPFL have developed scalable photonic integrated circuits, based on lithium tantalate, marking a significant advancement in optical technologies with potential to widespread commercial applications.

go.epfl.ch/4183c9

📸 Share your captivating scientific images! Submit until June 15 and be part of an unforgettable journey through creativity and curiosity across scales and domains. Open to all EPFL scientists.

Details: go.epfl.ch/exhibition2024

Organised in collaboration with @climactsuisse

New cells discovered in human omental adipose tissue inhibit fat cell formation, revealing why ‘apple’ body shapes may pose higher metabolic health risks. @epflsv

go.epfl.ch/e985db

The GenoRobotics team developed a plant DNA identification method using microneedle patches, enhancing field research efficiency. Fast, cost-effective, and open-source, it simplifies species categorization and conservation. #DNA #biodiversity actu.epfl.ch/news/portable-…

Mikail Durrani, a Financial Engineering Master's student EPFL CDM, is passionate about sustainable finance. He founded the 'Swiss Sustainability Initiative' and recently won the 'Realstone Sustainable Finance Scholarship 2023-2025'.

go.epfl.ch/064894

EPFL, Eawag, Université de Lausanne and the Association for the Safeguard of Lake Geneva (ASL) has teamed up to develop Lémanscope, a citizen-science initiative to monitor the health of Lake Geneva. The researchers are calling on volunteers to help collect data.

go.epfl.ch/b5ec26

An EPFL scientist along with colleagues from universities across Europe have completed the first-ever quantitative study of the changes that soil organic matter from forests can cause in high altitude and latitude lakes once it’s dissolved in the water.
go.epfl.ch/406381

Meet with Silvestro Micera (Silvestro Micera) an EPFL researcher who is bringing the science fiction of bionics to reality, engineering prosthetics that provide sensory feedback to the user through the nervous system.

go.epfl.ch/c02cd5

In 2016, the BBC asked scientists Auke Ijspeert to build two reptilian robots for a documentary on the African wilderness. Testing these robots in nature unexpectedly reshaped the researchers' approach to robotic design.

go.epfl.ch/0f92f3

Congratulations to Jocelyne Bloch, neurosurgeon and prof. at EPFL/CHUV/UNIL, and G Courtine, prof. of neuroscience at EPFL/CHUV/UNIL, who have been named in the 'Pioneers' category of the TIME100 Health list. Neuro-X Institute EPFL Life Sciences NeuroRestore.swiss TIME

time.com/collection/tim…

EPFL engineers have developed a new software called Pyxu that makes it easier and faster to reconstruct images taken at any scale. Their system employs reusable, and universally applicable, bricks of algorithms.

go.epfl.ch/1b986f

A quadruped robot trained with #machinelearning by EPFL researchers has learned to avoid falls by spontaneously switching between walking, trotting, and pronking – a milestone for roboticists as well as biologists interested in animal locomotion. actu.epfl.ch/news/trotting-…

EPFL researchers have for the first time recorded X-rays being produced at the beginning of upward positive lightning flashes; an observation that gives important insight into the origins of this rare – and particularly dangerous – form of lightning.

go.epfl.ch/43f5a3

A few years ago, dioxins and furans were discovered in the soil of Lausanne’s Vallon neighborhood. Scientists from EPFL, Université de Lausanne & Unisanté joined forces to better understand why the pollution, caused by a trash incinerator, had gone undetected until 2020.
go.epfl.ch/39b584

In a breakthrough for cancer research, scientists EPFL Life Sciences have created lab-grown mini-colons that can accurately mimic the development of colorectal tumors, offering a powerful new tool for studying and testing treatments for the disease.

go.epfl.ch/cb752a

Today, Swiss universities will hold their second annual Sexual Harassment Awareness Day – the perfect opportunity for us at EPFL to assess how we’re doing in this area, one year after we introduced a new directive on psychosocial risks.

go.epfl.ch/202ad9