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The smart cities of French-speaking Switzerland

15.03.18 — Urban Sociology Laboratory In an article on "smartcity" projects in French-speaking Switzerland, Guillaume Drevon, a researcher at the Laboratory of Urban Sociology, believes that it is easier to use a small territory to develop this type of project. Read the whole article

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Living Lab Lausanne Workshop “Circular Economy in Switzerland 2018"

15.03.18 — Chair for Green Economy and Resource Governance Last Thursday, 8th of March, GERG (Chair of Green Economy and Resources Governance, led by Prof. Dr. Bruno Oberle) hosted a workshop on Circular Economy in Switzerland at EPFL. Approximately 25 participants gathered for the afternoon activities, coming mainly from businesses (both producers and service-providers), but also from the local government of the city Lausanne, the consumers’ association and the clean technology cluster. Read the whole article

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Metal-organic frameworks cut energy consumption of petrochemicals

15.03.18 — SB | Basic Sciences Chemical Engineers at EPFL have developed a new method for making metal-organic framework membranes that can be used to considerably improve energy-expensive processes such as propylene-propane separation, which accounts for 40% of energy used in the global petrochemical industry. Read the whole article

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A video games collection at the Library

15.03.18 — Library EPFL community and Library users now have access to more than 100 video games that they can borrow, for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Read the whole article

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Removing heavy metals from water

15.03.18 — Mediacom EPFL chemists have developed a new material that can remove heavy metals from water and make it drinkable in seconds. The study is published in ACS Central Science. Read the whole article

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SEMIKRON University Support Program

14.03.18 — Power Electronics Laboratory Power Electronics Laboratory joins SEMIKRON University Support Program Read the whole article

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Swiss researcher coordinates a project selected for funding by JPND

14.03.18 — Brain Mind Institute A project coordinated by a Swiss researcher has been selected for funding in the context of the 2017 Call of the Joint Programme on Neurodegenerative Diseases (JPND) for "Multinational research projects for pathway analysis across neurodegenerative diseases". Read the whole article

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The Vidy theater pavilion at the Forum Construction Bois

14.03.18 — Chair of Timber Construction Professor Yves Weinand will participate to the 8th edition of the Forum International Bois Construction that will take place in Dijon from April 11th to April 13th, 2018. Read the whole article

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Tribute to Stephen Hawking

14.03.18 — Library British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking died on 14 March 2018 in Cambridge at the age of 76. The Library has selected from its collections some of his books and movies related to his life, available on loan in the Sciences and Society area. Read the whole article

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How far will the Lemanic metropolis go?

14.03.18 — Urban Sociology Laboratory How far will the metropolisation of French-speaking Switzerland go? Reflections with Professor Vincent Kaufmann from EPFL. Read the whole article