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Starting everyone off with a solid foundation in sustainability

Published:04.09.24 — Starting with the 2024–2025 school year, first-year students at EPFL will be required to take a class on sustainability in the spring semester. We’ve also introduced a master’s class on teaching sustainability that will begin this fall. These initiatives are intended to let students already start making an impact on the issues that matter to them.

Is air conditioning a threat to the power grid?

Published:03.09.24 — The elevated temperatures this summer prompted many of us to crank up the air conditioning. In Switzerland, the energy used for cooling is approaching that for heating. What does that mean for power grids?

AI tool maps out cell metabolism with precision

Published:02.09.24 — Scientists at EPFL have developed an AI tool that creates detailed models of cellular metabolism, making it easier to understand how cells function.

Medical imaging aims to bring the invisible to light

Published:28.08.24 — Medical imaging technology – such as MRI, ultrasound and X-ray – is gaining in power and precision, especially in the wake of recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence. Several EPFL research groups are contributing to this progress and actively shaping the future in this area.

An entire brain-machine interface on a chip

Published:26.08.24 — Researchers from EPFL have developed a next-generation miniaturized brain-machine interface capable of direct brain-to-text communication on tiny silicon chips.

From clouds to fjords, the Arctic bears witness to climate change

Published:22.08.24 — Climate change is particularly intense in the Arctic. To assess its consequences and determine what role this region plays in global warming, two teams of scientists from EPFL have visited the area. One to gain a better understanding of the region's air composition, the other to quantify the greenhouse gases sequestered in Greenland fjords sourced by glacial water.

“When imaging advances, science advances”

Published:19.08.24 — Sabine Süsstrunk, an expert in scientific photography, has seen first-hand the amazing progress in imaging technology over the past 40 years. And now her field is being upended by artificial intelligence (AI).