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Francophonie: the mayors go to university!

Published:20.10.10 — The International Association of French-speaking Mayors has opened its 20th general assembly at EPFL. Daniel Brélaz, mayor of Lausanne, welcomed his counterparts from all over the world. The meeting includes two workshops on the theme of universities in towns.

Pascal Couchepin participates in a series of lectures at EPFL

Published:20.10.10 — The former Federal Councillor will be on campus to bring his expertise to three exception classes on Swiss institutions.

A French-speaking catalyst for technological innovation

Published:19.10.10 — A unique program of cooperation, including the best French-speaking technology universities is currently being created under the auspices of EPFL and its partners, with the name “RESCIF – Réseau d’excellence des sciences de l’ingénieur de la Francophonie”. The challenge is to provide concrete answers to the problems of water, nutrition and energy management. RESCIF is one of three main initiatives launched by the Swiss Confederation on the occasion of the 13e Sommet des Chefs d’Etat de la Francophonie (13th Conference of Heads of State of French-speaking Countries), which will take place in Montreux.

Protein police

Published:18.10.10 — The accumulation of toxic proteins in neurons has been implicated in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Diseases and multiple sclerosis. Researchers based in Lausanne, Switzerland, have discovered a naturally-occurring cellular process capable of altering the form of these toxic proteins, rendering them harmless and able to resume their normal function.

An exceptional exhibition on Luigi Snozzi

Published:15.10.10 — Archizoom is organizing a retrospective exhibition on Luigi Snozzi, in which his former students have also been invited to present a creation that reflects, in their eyes, a part of the heritage of their years of study in the architect’s workshop.

Novel nanowires for a new generation of technology

Published:14.10.10 — The EPFL Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials has developed a novel nanowire based heterostructure adding new advanced functionalities. In collaboration with the University of Barcelona they have now published their results on ACS Nano journal.

The dark side of silicon

Published:13.10.10 — How can we reduce the power consumption of computers? Scientists at EPFL are exploring “dark silicon”.