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A new dimension for 3D protein structures

Published:13.05.13 — 3D structures of biological molecules like proteins directly affect the way they behave in our bodies. EPFL scientists have developed a new infrared-UV laser method to more accurately determine the structure of proteins containing thousands of atoms.

Science competition: combining speed and energy saving

Published:08.05.13 — Hydros and EPFL have launched a challenge for university science students: to build the fastest and most energy-efficient boat possible. Sign up now!

Personalize YouTube with SublimeVideo

Published:06.05.13 — Jilion is developing a web technology that makes it possible to generate video players that run on any support and for which the appearance feature is completely modular. The following is an interview with the co-founder of the start-up, Zeno Crivelli.

City dwellers juggle with their means of transportation

Published:01.05.13 — A study carried out by EPFL and UNIGE and conducted in Lausanne, Geneva, Bern and Yverdon-les-Bains reports the way active urban groups have greatly diversified their modes of travel over the past two decades.

Increasing hydropower capacity without straining the environment

Published:29.04.13 — With over 800 mini-hydroelectric plants awaiting approval in Switzerland, the biodiversity of Swiss river ecosystems could be at stake. More enlightened policies could help preserve the environment.

A technological showcase brings manuscripts to life

Published:26.04.13 — EPFL has conceived "holographic showcases" as part of its quest on the museum experiences of the future. They are presented for the first time during the exhibition "Le lecteur à l'oeuvre" (the reader at work) taking place at the Martin Bodmer foundation (Cologny / GE) from 27 April to 25 August.

Fribourg and EPFL join forces to develop smart buildings

Published:24.04.13 — A partnership agreement signed yesterday has laid the foundations for the construction of the Smart Living Lab, a building shared by EPFL, the University of Fribourg and Fribourg‘s College of Engineering and Architecture. It will be located where the Cardinal brewery used to be. Its goal is to develop the technologies that will be used for equipping the intelligent buildings of the future and to become the first paradigmatic structure of this type.