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Simulating how fruit flies see, smell, and navigate

Published:14.11.24 — Scientists at EPFL have advanced their NeuroMechFly model, simulating fruit fly movement in the real world. With integrated vision and smell, it helps us understand brain-body coordination, setting a path for neuroengineering's role in robotics and AI.

New type of weather radiosonde can find its way back

Published:12.11.24 — Some 80% of weather radiosondes – remote measurement instruments containing plastic, batteries and electronic parts – end up lost in nature after one flight. But a startup created by an EPFL master’s student is set to change that with a new, ultra-lightweight “glidersonde” that can automatically return to where it was launched.

EPFL and UM6P extend their collaboration to green energy research

Published:13.11.24 — EPFL and Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) have taken a new step in their collaboration by signing an agreement to expand their cooperation in the field of green energies.

Rosa Menéndez receives this year's Erna Hamburger Award

Published:08.11.24 — The EPFL Wish Foundation awards this year’s Erna Hamburger Prize to chemist Rosa Menéndez López for her contributions to research, engineering and society. The ceremony will take place on November 11th at the Rolex Learning Center.

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.