EPFL
The École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) or the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne is a public research university located in Lausanne, Switzerland.
EPFL is the sister institution of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. The university originated from the École special de Lausanne, a school that became the technical department of the public Académie de Lausanne in 1869.
The institution has three primary missions: education, research, and innovation. It specializes in natural science and engineering. EPFL runs the nuclear reactor Crocus, the Tokamak fusion reactor, the Blue Gene/Q supercomputer, and the P3 bio-hazard facilities in connection with research and teaching activities.
Sound can be used in high-resolution imagery, study
Deep learning and metamaterials make the invisible visible
New software that produces optimized surgical plans for Gamma Knife radiosurgery
Mathematical program helps doctors perform more efficient radiosurgery.
First micro-structured fibers with a viscous metal inside
Using viscous metals in micro fibers.
Astrophysics created the largest 3D map of the Universe to date
Astrophysicists fill gaps in the history of the Universe.
Brain signature could help to diagnose schizophrenia
The first study to show that unaffected siblings share the same abnormalities in these brain patterns.
Graphene doped with sodium could make better batteries
Lithium becomes a vital material for battery technology as it widely being used in cell-phones and car batteries. Graphite doped with lithium atoms is...
A robust and easy-to-implement multicolor super-resolution imaging
Using nth order Spatio-temporal cross-cumulants, the spatial resolution and the sampling can be increased up to n-fold in all spatial dimensions.
In a new study,...
A surprising quantum effect observed in a “large” object
While working with the resistivity of a type of delafossite – PdCoO2 – scientists at EPFL's Laboratory of Quantum Materials found that the electrons...
This new tool predicts the dynamics of the ground beetle population
Understanding risks to biodiversity requires predictions of the spatial distribution of species adapting to changing ecosystems, and, to that end, Earth observations integrating field...
A new, optimized model for studying the role of neutrophils
Neutrophils are a type of white blood cell that helps heal damaged tissues and resolve infections. Despite being critical immune cells, neutrophils can exacerbate...
New software security tool to detect bugs in OS
The Universal Serial Bus (USB) connects external devices to a host. This interface exposes the OS kernels and device drivers to attacks by malicious...