European Commissioner for research visits EPFL

Published:02.07.19 — Carlos Moedas was at EPFL on Monday. He visited the campus before attending the official opening of the World Conference of Science Journalists (WCSJ), taking place all week at the SwissTech Convention Center. 

Yuval Noah Harari to address a packed house at EPFL

Published:28.06.19 — Professor Harari, the historian and best-selling author of Sapiens and Homo Deus, will join eminent scientists on stage at a special event to help mark EPFL’s 50th anniversary year. The initial batch of 2,200 free tickets was snapped up in just a few hours. Another 500 tickets will be released at 9am today. The event will also be streamed live at www.epfl.ch.

Growing embryonic tissues on a chip

Published:27.06.19 — Researchers at EPFL have developed a method to stimulate human stem cells to organize themselves into ordered layers of different cell types. Published in Nature Methods, the method is based on microfluidics and can help better understand how tissues are formed in the embryo, setting the stage for fabricating functional tissues and organs for drug testing and transplantation.

Hydrogel developed at EPFL offers real promise in treating diabetes

Published:27.06.19 — Researchers at EPFL have developed a hydrogel that offers unrivaled protection against transplanted cell rejection. The School’s Technology Transfer Office has licensed the new product to Cell-Caps, a Geneva-based startup specialized in cell encapsulation for treating diabetes.

Lunar mission deep in Zermatt's ice

Published:26.06.19 — On 17 June, students from EPFL and 12 other European universities headed to Zermatt as part of the IGLUNA project. Their mission? To build and demonstrate a prototype lunar habitat in the ice that could one day support human life on the Moon.

Engineering heat out of metro tunnels

Published:25.06.19 — Researchers at EPFL have precisely quantified convection heat transfer in rail tunnels. Using the new model, they estimated how much energy Lausanne could save by fitting the future M3 metro line with a geothermal heat-recovery system, in what would be a world first.

EPFL awarded joint Chan Zuckerberg grant for the Human Cell Atlas

Published:21.06.19 — Continuing its investment in EPFL, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has awarded a grant to the lab of Gioele La Manno, together with the Karolinska Institute and The University of Edinburgh. The collaborative research aims at new therapies for multiple sclerosis, and will be part of the Human Cell Atlas project.