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Turbulence ahead
Published:03.09.12 — Improving the winds in the heart of a wind farm.
Genetic observation reveals a bone-weakening mechanism
Published:31.08.12 — An EPFL research team has used a novel method to identify a gene involved in bone building. Their results appear today in the advance online edition of the scientific journal Cell.
"We Bring Radioactivity Data to The Japanese Public"
Published:30.08.12 — Fukushima: EPFL hactivist empowers the public to participate in gathering radiation fallout data.
Optical fibers in materials: an artificial nervous system
Published:29.08.12 — When placed inside a material, optical fibers act like artificial nerves, transmitting valuable information about a structure’s state of fatigue and wear. A new technique developed at EPFL makes it possible to collect this data with vastly improved resolution and efficiency, opening up the possibility of new applications, particularly in much smaller objects.
Lignon gets a facelift
Published:27.08.12 — The facades of this massive Geneva architectural complex, home to 6,500 people, will undergo the beginning of a lengthy renovation process today. EPFL conducted studies that gave property owners a choice in how they updated the complex’s energy efficiency.
The future of programming is Scala
Published:23.08.12 — Typesafe, a company created just a year ago at EPFL and headquartered in the Science Park, has raised $14 million to commercialize a new programming language called Scala.
Swiss manufacturing: "We need to take risks"
Published:23.08.12 — Does Swiss manufacturing have a future in microengineering? This is one of the questions addressed at micro12, an event co-organized by the EPFL and attended by numerous experts from that field. One speaker, Fabrice Jendly, Vice President of the Neuchâtel arm of Swiss Engineering and manager of Symetis SA, will look more closely at this issue.
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