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Permafrost is not simply a carbon time bomb

Published:18.06.26 — An EPFL study shows that permafrost thaw not only releases large amounts of carbon but can also trigger processes that remove it from the atmosphere. The study’s findings will help improve climate models.

EPFL launches the world's first fully open medical LLMs

Published:17.06.26 — MeditronFO is the first fully open framework for building medical large language models, to make AI in healthcare more transparent and accountable.

A simple color cue helps people learn to use prosthetic devices

Published:16.06.26 — Researchers at EPFL show that fewer than 20 training trials with real-time success/failure feedback can significantly improve how people control prostheses, rehabilitation devices, and other motor interfaces.

When brain stimulation learns to walk with you

Published:15.06.26 — EPFL and Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) researchers have developed the first AI-assisted, real-time deep-brain stimulation therapy for walking impairments in Parkinson’s disease.

The hidden geometry that separates complex data

Published:12.06.26 — Mathematicians at EPFL have developed a theorem that reveals why some powerful analysis tools excel at distinguishing between complex data – and how they can be further improved. It offers new insights for machine learning and statistics.

What our neighborhood reveals about our sleep

Published:10.06.26 — In collaboration with municipalities across Western Switzerland, hospitals, and institutional partners, EPFL is launching URBASAN, a project that will map how urban environments influence the way people sleep.

Do AI systems learn the same view of the world?

Published:08.06.26 — Two years ago, researchers at MIT proposed a provocative idea: as AI models become more powerful, they begin to see the world in the same way. But not everyone was convinced and now EPFL scientists have shown that the picture is more nuanced.