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Neurotechnology boosts memory without surgery

Published:31.10.24 — EPFL researchers have combined virtual reality, non-invasive brain stimulation and advanced brain imaging techniques to improve spatial navigation in healthy participants. The study is a first step in addressing dementia in an aging population without medication or surgery.

Precise layering in catalysts for building sustainable chemicals

Published:30.10.24 — EPFL chemical engineers have developed a way to build metal clusters – with near atomic precision – in a method that has the potential to improve catalysts and accelerate chemical reactions including turning carbon dioxide into high value chemicals like methanol.

A lung pathogen's dilemma: infect or resist antibiotics?

Published:28.10.24 — A new study by EPFL reveals that the notorious bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa must balance between effectively colonizing human airways and developing antibiotic tolerance to survive.

A new spectroscopy reveals water's quantum secrets

Published:25.10.24 — For the first time, EPFL researchers have exclusively observed molecules participating in hydrogen bonds in liquid water, measuring electronic and nuclear quantum effects that were previously accessible only via theoretical simulations.

Towards comfortable, interactive and zero-carbon buildings

Published:22.10.24 — In the future, buildings will provide enhanced, more personalized comfort to occupants while also achieving zero carbon emissions. This will be possible thanks to advances in sensors and AI, enabling new ways of interacting with our environments while leaving ultimate control in occupants’ hands. Yet, as users, we’ll also need to make lasting changes to our habits.