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.
Understanding the correlation between the size of an iceberg and the amplitude of the tsunami
The new model simulates the tsunamis caused by iceberg calving.
Scientists identified a brain mechanism that we use to prepare a timely action
On your marks. Get set. Go!
Next-generation implants will be non-invasive
It can be implanted in a patient’s blood vessel rather than inside the brain.
An important discovery about the structure of barium titanate
A microscope reveals the secrets of a material's structure.
Shining green laser light on a gold nano-antenna enhances its intensity
Green light on gold atoms.
New device to continually measure the blood concentration of propofol
Moving one step closer to personalized anesthesia.
A cryogenic controller chip to control qubits
A cryogenic controller chip opens the door to solving the ‘wiring bottleneck’ and subsequently to realize a fully integrated, scalable quantum computer.
How cancer cells re-organize the 3D structure of their DNA?
Cancer cells hijack the 3D structure of DNA.
MonoLoco: a 3D detector to measure social distancing to prevent infection
3D detectors measure social distancing to help fight Covid-19.
New COVID-19 test can analyze more than 1,000 samples at once
COVID-19 test detects antibodies in hundreds of tiny blood samples.