Gold nanoparticles uncover amyloid fibrils

Published:12.03.20 — EPFL scientists have developed powerful tools to unmask the diversity of amyloid fibrils, which are associated with Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. The scientists made the breakthrough by developing gold nanoparticles that combine with cryogenic transmission electron microscopy, to provide rapid and unprecedented images of fibrils.

How cities have tamed counterculture

Published:11.03.20 — An unprecedented study by EPFL researchers spanning three cities – Geneva, Lisbon and Ljubljana – has revealed how, over the past 40 years, urban cultural policy has blunted the subversive force of counterculture. The change has been so dramatic that, today, art is reduced to a regulated form of profit-making entertainment within a defined space.

Introducing the light-operated hard drives of tomorrow

Published:10.03.20 — What do you get when you place a thin film of perovkite material used in solar cells on top of a magnetic substrate? More efficient hard drive technology. EPFL physicist László Forró and his team pave the way for the future of data storage.

Nominations of EPFL professors

Published:06.03.20 — The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment of 7 professors at EPFL.

Solving problems of analytic continuation through machine learning

Published:03.03.20 — An EPFL student has shown how deep learning can be used to analytically connect digital simulations and experimental results more quickly and reliably than conventional methods. This work, which the student carried out for his semester project, was recently published in Physical Review Letters.

More efficient, longer-lasting solid oxide fuel cells

Published:28.02.20 — Researchers at EPFL have developed a novel way to increase fuel-cell efficiency and lifespan, using a recirculation fan driven by a steam turbine that runs on steam-lubricated bearings.

“We need to buy time for a vaccine against the coronavirus"

Published:27.02.20 — After his extensive lecture on the current coronavirus outbreak, we asked EPFL Professor Marcel Salathé, an expert in digital epidemiology, a few follow-up questions.