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EPFL premieres Public Portal to Anticipation at Expo 2025 Osaka
Published:02.05.25 — The Geneva Public Portal to Anticipation, created by the EPFL Laboratory for Experimental Museology in collaboration with the Geneva Science Diplomacy Anticipator, is an interactive installation that offers visitors a way to explore and co-create speculative futures based on anticipated scientific breakthroughs.
Chemicals from climbing shoes cause trouble in indoor halls
Published:29.04.25 — A study led by researchers from EPFL and the University of Vienna shows that concentrations of concerning chemicals as high as those by a busy road can be found in the air of bouldering gyms.
An earth-abundant mineral for sustainable spintronics
Published:25.04.25 — Iron-rich hematite, commonly found in rocks and soil, turns out to have magnetic properties that make it a promising material for ultrafast next-generation computing.
A new AI language model that mimics the organization of the brain
Published:24.04.25 — EPFL researchers have developed the first AI model of language in the brain that captures both how neurons are arranged and how they function.
Robotics meets the culinary arts
Published:14.04.25 — A Swiss Italian team has created RoboCake, an edible robotic wedding cake that illustrates the advances in robotic food research.
Soft brainstem implant delivers high-resolution hearing
Published:18.04.25 — EPFL researchers have developed a flexible auditory brainstem implant (ABI) that closely conforms to the curved surface of the brainstem. The technology has been successfully demonstrated high-resolution “prosthetic hearing” in macaques.
Smaller, smarter building blocks for future quantum technology
Published:17.04.25 — Scientists at EPFL have made a breakthrough in designing arrays of resonators, the basic components that power quantum technologies. This innovation could create smaller, more precise quantum devices.
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