Tackling tumors with iron oxide

Published:01.07.11 — Detecting cancer cells and destroying them, injecting drugs with extreme precision into diseased cells in the human body – these are just two examples of what EPFL scientists are attempting to accomplish using iron oxide nanoparticles developed in the School’s Powder Technology Laboratory (LTP).

A new tool to help find housing

Published:29.06.11 — EPFL and UNIL have put a new application online to help students and property owners manage and consult housing listings. The application uses GPS positioning and calculates routes to avoid unpleasant commuting surprises.

Plasmas: The trouble with bubbles

Published:27.06.11 — Controlling a boiling plasma at several million degrees Celsius – that’s the challenge of nuclear fusion, our great energy hope for the future. EPFL’s Plasma Physics Research Center (CRPP) has just published two scientific articles that advance the state of knowledge in the domain.

Air quality sensors take a ride on city buses

Published:27.06.11 — Rather than installing stations on fixed towers, why not use mobile sensors spread out over the whole city to get better air quality measurements? OpenSense, a project run by four laboratories at EPFL and one at ETH Zurich, is studying the possibility of installing sensors on the roofs of buses and trams, thus taking advantage of already existing public transport and mobile phone networks. Testing is currently underway in Lausanne.

Back from Beijing – prize in hand

Published:23.06.11 — A group of EPFL students is returning from Beijing with the third place prize from the international iCAN micro- and nanotechnology contest. Contestants from 27 teams participated in the four-day competition.

UAE Swiss Research Day

Published:22.06.11 — Over the next two days the first UAE-Swiss Research Day will take place at the EPFL campus in Lausanne. Organized by EPFL Middle East, researchers from Switzerland and UAE will converge on the subject of the future Energy and Sustainability.

Red Light, Green Light - Automated Driving Takes The Wheel

Published:21.06.11 — Today, at the HAVEit Final Event, 17 partners from the European automotive industry and scientific community, including EPFL, are set to demonstrate the highly automated future of driving. The EU funded project aims at increasing driving safety, improving efficiency and boosting the European automotive industry in the international market.