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Students' working on the pilot of the CSAW. © Nicola Banwell 2021 EPFL

7 ideas to promote the circular economy and mitigate climate change

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Around 30 students took part in the pilot version of EPFL’s Climate and Sustainability Action Week, working in cross-disciplinary groups to outline circular economy solutions. It was an intense five days of teamwork to build a brighter future.

Army of robots pushes the limits of astrophysics

05.03.21NewsResearch

One thousand newly-minted microrobots created in EPFL labs will soon be deployed at two large-scale telescopes in Chile and the United States. These high-precision instruments, capable of positioning optical fibers to within a micron, will vastly increase the quantity of astrophysics data that can be gathered – and expand our understanding of the Universe.

Nominations of EPFL professors

05.03.21NewsEPFL

The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment of professors at EPFL.

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Klaus Schnonenberger, Bernard Olayo and Gene Saxon © 2021 EPFL

"Oxygen must become a service for all"

02.03.21Innovation

To improve the treatment of pneumonia – the number one cause of childhood death in sub-Saharan Africa – EPFL engineers are working with a Kenya-based NGO to develop an oxygen concentrator that can withstand the region’s weather conditions and be deployed sustainably. Their project, called Global O2, has just been awarded $1.6 million in funding over two years from Unitaid, global health agency hosted by the World Health Organisation.

"I chose to pick an inherently difficult problem"

12.02.21EPFL

Michael Mark, joined the team of Prof. Thomas Weber at EPFL's College of Management in Technology in 2017 to pursue his studies and obtain his doctorate this year. He tells us about his experience so far.

Kevin Jablonka (credit: own) and a Wordcloud of the color terms used in the survey

How the EPFL community rescued a PhD thesis

09.02.21Research

EPFL scientists combined citizen science with machine learning to predict colors of millions of crystal structures of metal-organic frameworks, nanoporous materials with multiple applications in numerous fields, from carbon capture to water purification.

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International Women's Day @ EPFL

A day of inspirational talks organized by EPFL. This event will be streamed live on its webpage throughout the day. No advance registration is needed. Agenda 9.15-9:20am Opening message by Martin Vetterli,…

08-03-202108-03-2021

With: Martin Vetterli, Gisou van der Goot, Tatyana Franck, Farnaz Moser, Kristin Becker van Slooten, Andrea Wulf, Manon Schick, Manon Boissat, Madeleine von Holzen, Mirko Bischofberger, Luisa Lambertini, Felicitas Pauss, Aleksandra Radenovic, Leïla Ojjeh, Manon Poffet, Clara Migliarini, Hélène Füger
Place and room: Online
Online: https://womensday.epfl.ch/
Category: Conferences – Seminars