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Photonics chip allows light amplification

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Scientists at EPFL have developed photonic integrated circuits that demonstrated a new principle of light amplification on a silicon chip. It can be employed for optical signals like those used in Lidar, trans-oceanic fiber amplifiers or in data center telecommunications.

Urban planning helps mitigate extreme weather effects in Haut-Valais

30.11.22NewsEPFL

Olivier Lalancette, an EPFL Master’s student in architecture, has come up with some development proposals for the Brig-Visp-Naters conurbation. His suggestions, relatively modest in scope, could help these cities better withstand the droughts and heavy rainfall that are expected to intensify by 2050. Lalancette hopes his study will start a conversation about the region’s future.

Steerable soft robots could enhance medical applications

28.11.22NewsResearch

Borrowing from methods used to produce optical fibers, researchers from EPFL and Imperial College have created fiber-based soft robots with advanced motion control that integrate other functionalities, such as electric and optical sensing and targeted delivery of fluids.

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Prof. Fernando Porté-Agel is doing a minature wind turbine demonstration.© Alain Herzog

“Fluid mechanics is a fascinating field because it's very visual”

01.12.22EPFL

EPFL professor Fernando Porté-Agel has won the ENAC Polysphère Award for the second time in under a decade. He uses concrete examples and novel teaching methods to make fluid mechanics a fun, interactive topic to study.

Giovanni De Micheli © Giovanni De Micheli / EPFL 2022

"Computing is like potato chips – there's never enough!"

29.11.22EPFL

EPFL’s Professor Giovanni De Micheli was recently recognized for his strong impact on the electronic system design industry, and he sees another decade of rapid design innovation ahead.

Flavio Noca, winner of this year’s best teacher award in the mechanical engineering section © Murielle Gerber / 2022 EPFL

“I knew I'd become a teacher even before I knew what I'd teach”

28.11.22EPFL

Flavio Noca, the winner of this year’s best teacher award in the mechanical engineering section, has been drawing airplanes since he was a child. Even today, aircraft still feature prominently in the examples he uses in class – to the delight of his students.

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Un dessin d'une femme marchant sur des tuiles posées sur une mer de requins © Elyn — Un dessin d’une femme marchant sur des tuiles posées sur une mer de requins © Elyn

Femtech, taboo-breaking innovations

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Femtech is a term used to describe technologies and applications that focus on women’s health. While this new market offers immense growth potential, taboos around sexuality, periods and menopause continue to hamper progress.

EPFL’s Highly Cited Resarchers in 2022

Eleven EPFL resarchers are among the most highly cited scientists in 2022.

A bright weekend for Scientastic

More than 14’000 people, children, teenagers and adults, came to EPFL last weekend to participate in the 10th edition of the science festival.

EPFL Catering commits to reduce food waste

The Catering and Shops Unit (RESCO) has teamed up with several partners to prevent food from ending up in the bin.

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Cosmos Archaeology: Explorations in Time and Space

Turning data into sound and images, Cosmos Archaeology: Explorations in Time and Space embraces the scientific, artistic and human dimensions of space to transform the impenetrable abstractions of astrophysics into sensory…

16-09-202205-02-2023

With: Curated by Professor Sarah Kenderdine, Laboratory for Experimental Museology (eM+) and Professor Jean-Paul Kneib, Laboratory of Astrophysics (LASTRO).
Place and room: ART B0 110
Category: Exhibitions