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A titanate nanowire mask that can eliminate pathogens

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Filter “paper” made from titanium oxide nanowires is capable of trapping pathogens and destroying them with light. This discovery by an EPFL laboratory could be put to use in personal protective equipment, as well as in ventilation and air conditioning systems.

The SNSF awards two grants to EPFL for COVID-related research

07.08.20NewsEPFL

Professors Sebastian Maerkl, from the School of Engineering, and Sandrine Gerber, from the School of Basic Sciences, each received a grant for their coronavirus-related research project.

Mathematical program helps perform more efficient radiosurgery

06.08.20NewsResearch

Engineers at EPFL and local startup Intuitive Therapeutics have developed software that can produce optimized surgical plans for Gamma Knife radiosurgery. Doctors at the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) began using the software in July.

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Roberto Seixas just added the 2020 Swiss Scrabble Championship trophy to his shelf. © 2020 EPFL

“The trick to winning is knowing whether a word actually exists”

05.08.20EPFL

Roberto Seixas, a civil engineering student at EPFL, took first place in the 2020 Swiss Scrabble Championship – a game where you’re more likely to find mathematicians than literary buffs.

Sarah Kenderdine in Sanchi, India © Leo Meier

"We want to create a narrative out of all the heterogeneous data"

04.08.20Research

Summer series: A calling for research. Sarah Kenderdine, head of the Laboratory for Experimental Museology in the College of Humanities, has spent the last four years tracing, photographing, and digitally reconstructing the seldom-told story of Buddhism’s maritime spread across Asia.

"It felt like we were living on another planet”

16.07.20EPFL

Julia Schmale is a truly adventurous researcher, and her favorite places to explore are extreme environments in far-flung corners of the world. During her most recent trip, she was stranded in the icy Arctic for four months, a long way from COVID-19 but impacted by its effects.