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Breaking Down Cancer's Defense for Future Vaccines

Published:24.02.12 — Researchers at the EPFL have identified an important mechanism that could lead to the design of more effective cancer vaccines. Their discovery of a new-found role of the lymphatic system in tumour growth shows how tumours evade detection.

Fiber Optics in Computer Screens To Save Energy

Published:22.02.12 — A single fiber-optic can light up computer screens. This innovation put in place by L.E.S.S., a recently formed spin-off of EPFL, brings energy savings of 30% while boosting processors.

Earthquakes – the science of the stick-slip

Published:20.02.12 — Scientists have succeeded in modelling what happens when two bodies slide against each other and thereby release the pressure; a discovery that has implications for the understanding of the magnitude of earthquakes.

The art of shutting down a nuclear plant

Published:13.02.12 — Gaëtan Girardin, researcher in nuclear engineering, gives us the key to understanding nuclear reactor safety. While the disaster at Fukushima is at the center of our conversation, the recent and minor incident at the Mühleberg plant is also discussed.

"You have to go global, and right from the start."

Published:10.02.12 — How do you go about setting up a business? Hervé Lebret, start-up specialist and head of the Innogrant program at EPFL, answers a few questions.

Electric cars increasingly accepted by the Swiss

Published:08.02.12 — Electric vehicles have quite a good image in Switzerland, according to a study conducted by EPFL’s Transport Center in association with the company Renault Suisse.

A quantum connection between light and motion

Published:06.02.12 — Physicists have demonstrated a system in which light is used to control the motion of an object that is large enough to be seen with the naked eye at the level where quantum mechanics governs its behavior.