Hop, jump and stick

Published:05.09.10 — A swarm of flying robots soars into a blazing forest fire. With insect-like precision and agility, the machines land on tree trunks and bound over rough terrain before deploying crucial sensors and tools to track the inferno and its effects. This is a scenario that Mirko Kovac, from EPFL’s Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, thinks may not be so far off.

Light allows Detection of Cancer

Published:05.09.10 — The FDA approves tumor detection procedure discovered by EPFL researchers  

A center to promote sport and health

Published:05.09.10 — The UNIL-EPFL Sport and Health Center is going to be enlarged, and will become an important center for sports analysis. Work is scheduled to begin on a new building in January 2011.

The secrets of longevity

Published:05.09.10 — A complex network of genes, a diet low in calories, and taking regular exercise seem to provide the basis of a long life.

EPFL Strengthens Collaboration with Brazil's Scientific Community

Published:05.09.10 — The Federal Councilor Didier Burkhalter and EPFL President Patrick Aebischer participated Monday, the 30th of August, in an official ceremony in Brazil including the Brazilian Minister of Education, Dr. Fernando Haddad and several other important members of the Brazilian scientific community. The ceremony symbolically marked an important step in the ongoing collaboration between EPFL and the Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neuroscience of Natal (ELS-IINN) in Brasil, where EPFL Professor Miguel Nicolelis heads one of the most state-of-the-art neuroscience research institutes in the southern hemisphere.

A vortex, vortex and a half

Published:05.09.10 — Whirlwind polaritons in quantum optoelectronics laboratory! Physicists at the EPFL have managed to observe for the first time a phenomenon that the theory had predicted there are more than 20 years. The results are being published in Science.

A laser shines light on the catalytic converter

Published:05.09.10 — Catalytic converters are encountered everywhere in our cars and in the chemical industry. However, the chemical reaction is not well understood. A discovery made at the EPFL may help to shed light on a field with high economic and ecological stakes.