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Special edition on video games in Reflex magazine

Published:14.12.10 — From video-game addiction to new interfaces – a special edition to help us understand how video games are revolutionizing our rapport with various devices.

Grätzel solar cells get a boost

Published:13.12.10 — Grätzel cells now incorporate a new electrode made from titanium oxide nano-wires – three times more efficient.

Winter roads – sugared, salted or heated?

Published:10.12.10 — At EPFL, several laboratories are studying the impact of extreme weather conditions on road-traffic infrastructures. In particular, they are focusing on how road surfaces are standing up to winter weather, and the de-icing of bridges.

Montreux Jazz archives go digital

Published:09.12.10 — More than 5000 hours of video recordings of the Montreux Jazz Festival, including artists like Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Phil Collins and David Bowie, are to be digitally archived as part of the Montreux Sounds Digital Project. The watchmaking company Audemars Piguet, Montreux Sounds SA – the company that manages the festival’s audio-visual archives – and EPFL are joining forces to convert this heritage into digital media.

Twelve professors appointed at EPFL

Published:08.12.10 — During its 2010 December 6th and 7th session, the ETH Board announced twelve appointments at EPFL.

Putting ethics back at the heart of science

Published:07.12.10 — For the second writing workshop in the series he’s giving to students in their 3rd year graduate studies, the author Metin Arditi is bringing together various members of the EPFL community around questions of ethics and philosophy.

Picking up the pieces

Published:06.12.10 — EPFL researchers have developed a new, 3D numerical simulation that reveals the physics of how things break.