News EPFL

A 360° camera that sees in 3D

Published:02.12.10 — Surround sight has come to the camera. Inspired by the eye of a fly, EPFL scientists have invented a camera that can take pictures and film in 360° and reconstruct the images in 3D.

Formic acid in the engine

Published:01.12.10 — Do ants hold the key to the fuel of the future? Formic acid provides more efficient and safer storage of hydrogen. It is an ideal way to store energy from renewable sources or to power 21st century cars.

Shrinking reactors down to size

Published:30.11.10 — EPFL’s Lioubov Kiwi and her group are developing new reactors by using micro- et nano-technologies.

Chasing Bug Fingerprints

Published:29.11.10 — A new technique augments existing bug reports

Reuters ranks EPFL top in Europe

Published:25.11.10 — In a purely citations-based ranking, EPFL comes out on top in European engineering

Urban and rural typologies – Albania under the microscope

Published:24.11.10 — The CEAT, responsible for the study of town and country planning at EPFL, is publishing an article on the classification of communes in Albania. This document will be used in many ways, in particular in the context of the preparation of the 2011 census of the population. Its publication is also part of the process of reinforcing their national statistics, an important element in the evaluation of Albania’s application to join the European Union.

PPUR: going digital for its 30 years

Published:23.11.10 — Based at EPFL, for whom it’s the preferred publisher, the Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes (PPUR) is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its foundation, with nearly 900 titles published and one-and-a-half million works distributed, by strengthening its digital publishing.