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Open-access "made in EPFL" has caught Nature's publisher's eye

Published:01.03.13 — Nature Publishing Group, publisher of the prestigious journal of the same name, has decided to invest in Frontiers, an EPFL-born company that publishes scientific journals under an open-access model.

EPFL staff unveil their artistic talents

Published:27.02.13 — Over thirty EPFL employees have agreed to exhibit their works at CREApoly. You will be able to discover them from 28 February and until 5 March at EPFL (preview of the exhibition on Wednesday 27 February at 17:30).

A captain for the EPFL Valais Wallis academic cluster

Published:26.02.13 — EPFL announces the appointment of Marc-André Berclaz, current President of the HES-SO’s executive Committee, to the post of chief operating officer of the EPFL Valais Wallis cluster

The Venice Time Machine: Science, Humanities And The Arts Unite

Published:23.02.13 — EPFL and Ca' Foscari University join forces in creating a trans-disciplinary program for education and research.

New York's reality augmented thanks to the EPFL + ECAL Lab

Published:22.02.13 — For the first time, EPFL is the guest of the renowned Eyebeam Art and Technology Center in New York. Throughout more than 500 square meters, the EPFL + ECAL Lab will display its new works in augmented reality, where physical objects and digital representations are combined.

A new light source for quantum computers

Published:20.02.13 — Researchers have discovered a new way of emitting photons one at a time. They have constructed semiconductor nanowires with "quantum dots" of unprecedented quality - a discovery with implications for the future of quantum computing.

PostBuses: increasing frequency? Increasing passengers too!

Published:18.02.13 — Under a mandate from Swiss PostBus, the Transportation Center of EPFL analyzed attendance data from this enterprise known for their yellow buses. The result? An increase in the frequency of lines can have double the impact on their use!