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Got a good idea? Join the Fusebox challenge!

Published:14.10.13 — EPFL is setting up an online platform to get all those neurons on campus busy generating novel ideas. Fusebox has launched its first challenge: What will the interior of the car of the future be like?

Scientists Develop New Method to Regenerate Cartilage

Published:11.10.13 — A team of EPFL scientists has developed a smart hydrogel material that could promote cartilage regeneration. Their method consists in releasing medication at the right place and at the right time. In the future, damage to cartilage following injuries may no longer have to be irreversible.

A Swiss-Cameroon lab tackles electric blackouts

Published:09.10.13 — Switzerland and Cameroon are establishing a joint laboratory in Yaoundé. EPFL (Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) and ENSPY (Ecole nationale supérieure polytechnique de Yaoundé) will work together to develop technologies for stabilizing and improving electricity grids.

The Human Brain Project has begun

Published:07.10.13 — The world’s most ambitious neuroscience project is underway. Scientists from the 135 partner institutions of the Human Brain Project, co-funded by the EU with an estimated budget of €1.2 billion, are meeting in Switzerland for the official launch.

Magistrale 2013 – In the Name of Energy

Published:05.10.13 — They endured sleepless nights preparing their exams, they may have complained, but they didn’t give up. With pride and with relief, this year’s record 818 graduates received their well-deserved Master’s degree. Among them, the very first class of energy managers. The day began with the creation of a giant human puzzle on the theme of wind energy.

A remote Swiss valley models global climate

Published:04.10.13 — EPFL scientists have developed a new statistical model of extreme rainfall in the Swiss Val Ferret region, which can be used across the globe.

“We should stop designing perfect circuits”

Published:02.10.13 — Are integrated circuits "too good" for current technological applications? Christian Enz, the new Director of the Institute of Microengineering, backs the idea that perfection is overrated.