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Smart highways to avoid traffic jams

Published:21.05.12 — Traffic lights on highway access ramps can help prevent traffic jams. EPFL engineers are testing this approach to increase the capacity of Swiss highways.

You Shoot and Croppola Composes

Published:18.05.12 — We envy photographers who are experts at composing beautiful pictures and would like to achieve the same result. Croppola is a user-friendly online tool that helps photo-lovers to make the most of their pictures.

Electronic congestion in the microchips of the future

Published:16.05.12 — Electrons within some materials can stick together like cars on a traffic jam. EPFL researchers studying promising materials for the future of electronics have been able to highlight this phenomenon

Let there be light: it's good for our brains

Published:14.05.12 — EPFL scientists have proven that light intensity influences our cognitive performance and how alert we feel, and that these positive effects last until early evening.

Several antennas in one: a major innovation for mobile communications

Published:11.05.12 — Scientists at EPFL have developed a single antenna that is capable of transmitting the same data as a two-antenna system. This achievement will be more than useful for future communication systems.

Solar panels thriving on campus

Published:09.05.12 — The ‘Romande Energie-EPFL’ solar energy park continues to grow on the roofs of the campus. From this moment on, the park can produce nearly 1300 megawatt hours per year.

Harnessing natural light, indoors

Published:07.05.12 — Using the most recent generation windows, architects and lighting designers can to control daylight, directing it where they want within a room. An EPFL laboratory has developed a simulation tool to make access to this technology more widely available.