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Urban planning: Growing cities underground

Published:30.09.13 — The Deep City Method helps urban planners decide how to best exploit their underground resources.

Nominations of EPFL professors

Published:29.09.13 — During its September session, the ETH Board nominated 5 new EPFL professors.

Mathumanitarian Games

Published:27.09.13 — Math students have gone to South Africa to teach math in a fun way to the children of Townships.

Sniffing out fake perfumes

Published:25.09.13 — Scientists at EPFL have designed a quick method for detecting counterfeit perfumes, and have tested it on major brands like Givenchy, Hermes and D&G.

Composites give wings to Swiss teams' nautical dreams

Published:23.09.13 — Two teams are representing Switzerland at Little America's Cup in Falmouth (UK) this week. Their hydrofoil catamarans were developed by Hydros, based at EPFL, and rely on composite materials developed thanks to an exceptional cluster of expertise at EPFL and in the Leman area.

EPFL's Arcades kick off a "living campus"

Published:19.09.13 — As students start living by the hundreds in the Atrium residences, the Arcades’ shops and services opened their doors to the public this morning. As a result, EPFL’s Northern District turns into the cornerstone of a true living campus.

Making industrial plasma safer

Published:18.09.13 — EPFL scientists have uncovered the physics behind the formation of plasmoids – funnel-like, high-energy plasmas that can severely damage industrial plasma reactors, causing millions in repairs and lost productivity in plasma technologies like those used to make display screens and even food containers.