New tool helps define student-teacher relationships

Published:05.05.21 — In universities, relationships between students and teachers play a key role in creating a conducive learning experience. But how can we evaluate these relationships in an objective manner? A questionnaire developed at EPFL aims to solve that problem, and shows the importance of three emotional dimensions: warmth, trust and admiration.

Northern Red Sea corals pass heat stress test with flying colors

Published:04.05.21 — EPFL scientists are beginning to understand why corals in the Gulf of Aqaba, along with their symbiotic algae and bacteria, resist higher temperatures particularly well.

COVID-19 test detects antibodies in hundreds of tiny blood samples

Published:03.05.21 — Antibody testing can be a powerful tool for tracking the spread of SARS-CoV2 infections, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. A group of scientists from EPFL, UNIGE and HUG have now developed a reliable and cheap antibody test that can analyze more than 1,000 samples at once and requires a small drop of blood, such as that from a finger prick.

New hydropower dam design tested at EPFL

Published:30.04.21 — A team of EPFL engineers has completed proof-of-concept tests for the new Massongex-Bex-Rhône hydropower dam. The tests, involving both a physical scale model and computer simulations, enabled the engineers to fine-tune their design.

Startup Champion Seed Night: 10 years of discovering new talent

Published:29.04.21 — The 10th edition of Startup Champion Seed Night is taking place this Thursday, 29 April 2021. Nicolas Durand, CEO of Abionic – an EPFL spinoff that specializes in rapid testing based on nanofluid technology – looks back on his involvement in the competition’s first edition in 2012 and how his company has developed over the past decade.