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Scientists quantify aerosols based on sea state

Published:27.11.24 — A research team led by EPFL scientists has developed a system that provides key insight into the relationship between sea spray aerosols, sea state and atmospheric conditions. The system was mounted on an icebreaker and carried across vast regions of the Arctic to collect and analyze valuable data.

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.

The SDSC moves to Biopôle thanks to Vaud Canton's support

Published:22.11.24 — The Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC), a joint initiative of EPFL and ETH Zurich, is reaching a significant milestone and strengthening its national positioning in data science.

New supercomputer enables cutting-edge and sustainable research

Published:20.11.24 — EPFL’s new Kuma supercomputer, which ranks 23rd in the Green500 ranking, illustrates EPFL’s efforts to support cutting-edge research with a low environmental impact. With Kuma, EPFL is helping anchor Switzerland’s position at the forefront of sustainable computing.

Today's buildings hold the key to housing tomorrow's population

Published:15.11.24 — Curbing new-build construction, renovating existing buildings at pace and rethinking how we use them: according to Philippe Thalmann, an urban and environmental economics professor at EPFL, these are the steps we’ll need to take to both meet climate targets and accommodate an ever-growing population.

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.