News EPFL

Nipping metastases in the bud

Published:08.12.11 — An EPFL / ISREC team has shed new light on how cancer metastases develop. The results they have obtained will open the door to new therapeutic options for treating late stage cancers and preventing secondary tumors from growing.

2011 news highlights – Basic sciences

Published:07.12.11 — Future energies, communications, environment and a better understanding of the Universe are some of the domains explored by SB School scientists. Here is a selection of this year’s headlines.

First Molybdenite Microchip

Published:05.12.11 — Molybdenite, a new and very promising material, can surpass the physical limits of silicon. EPFL scientists have proven this by making the first molybdenite microchip, with smaller and more energy efficient transistors.

Four professors appointed by ETH BOARD

Published:02.12.11 — On the occasion of tthe 30th November and 1st December sessions, the Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology announced four professorial appointments. Two new scientists are to join the campus at Ecublens.

The swirling of wine helps bioreactors to run better

Published:30.11.11 — Every wine aficionado knows that wine has to be swirled in a glass in order for it to release its aroma. Applied to biotechnologies over some fifteen years, this ordinary gesture has made it possible to develop more efficient machines for culturing proteins in animal cells. The phenomenon has been studied in detail at EPFL.

EPFL robots will soon appear in school classrooms

Published:28.11.11 — EPFL scientists have developed an educational robot designed to introduce children to technology in schools. Baptized Thymio II, it was officially presented to teachers in the Canton of Vaud last friday.

Finger (mal)formation reveals surprise function of desert DNA

Published:24.11.11 — Explaining the diversity of leg shapes in the animal kingdom and hereditary defects in finger