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A toolbox for creating your start-up!

Published:03.02.12 — Are you a student, doctoral, post-doctoral, with a diploma from EPFL, from the University of Lausanne, or from any other Swiss university? If you dream of launching your own company, or if you want to get your project off the ground, we give you a hand-up over six months or in only 54 hours.

How to turn leaves into solar panels

Published:03.02.12 — Photovoltaic panels made from plant material could become a cheap, easy alternative to traditional solar cells.

Swimming goes high tech with EPFL-developed inertial systems

Published:01.02.12 — Scientists from EPFL’s Laboratory of Movement Analysis and Measurement have developed inertial systems, worn in a full-body swimming suit, which can analyse the strengths and weaknesses of elite-level swimmers during workout sessions. It’s a revolutionary new tool for coaches.

New technology gives implants a protective covering

Published:30.01.12 — A technology developed by labseed, an EPFL spin-off, could prevent most breast implant rejections. The final product should be commercially available as early as 2013.

Pine transformed by modern alchemists

Published:27.01.12 — Researchers have given pinewood the hardness and smooth touch of precious wood. L’EPFL+ECAL Lab presents the first objects made of this new material in Helsinki today.

Jumpstarting computers with 3D chips

Published:25.01.12 — EPFL scientists have developed a new generation of 3D computer chips, stacked vertically rather than placed side by side. Thanks to this technology, computers will be faster, more efficient and capable of carrying out more tasks simultaneously.

Microreactors: improving manufacturing by going small

Published:23.01.12 — Manufacturing products and drugs will be safer and more efficient in the future, thanks to the use of microreactors that are being developed at EPFL.