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Loop Medical develops needle-free device for collecting blood samples

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Loop Medical, based at EPFL’s Innovation Park, has just closed a $6.4 million financing round to support the US market entry of its needle-free blood-sampling device.

Artificial intelligence helps speed up ecological surveys

01.12.21NewsResearch

Scientists at EPFL, the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Wageningen University & Research have developed a new deep-learning model for counting the number of seals in aerial photos that is considerably faster than doing it by hand. With this new method, valuable time and resources could be saved which can be used to further study and protect endangered species.

Quantum physics across dimensions: Unidirectional Kondo Scattering

30.11.21NewsResearch

An international team led by EPFL scientists, has unveiled a unique quantum-mechanical interaction between electrons and topological defects in layered materials that has only been observed in engineered atomic thin layers. The phenomenon can be reproduced by the native defects of lab grown large crystals, making future investigation of Kondo systems and quantum electronic devices more accessible.

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"Engineering to me is a blend of magic and science"

01.12.21EPFL

Ali H. Sayed, dean of the School of Engineering at EPFL, talks about engineering today and how it impacts our daily life. He also explains the diversity of engineering and how the school works on today’s World main challenges.

Assistant Professor Antoine Bosselut © Alain Herzog / EPFL 2021

Machines don't understand being wet

26.11.21EPFL

Assistant Professor Antoine Bosselut, who joined EPFL in September, was recently named one of Forbes Magazine’s prestigious ‘30 under 30 Europe in Science and Healthcare’ for his research in Natural Language Processing on whether AI systems learn common sense from language?

From left to right: Gaspard Peduzzi, Antoine Mouran and Jean Chambras. © 2021 EPFL / Alain Herzog - CC BY-SA 4.0

“We're part of the cryptocurrency ecosystem.”

23.11.21EPFL community

A group of EPFL students has developed a system for making speculative investments in decentralized finance. Their startup, called APWine, raised nearly $5 million in cryptocurrency in a fundraising round this spring.

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Campus Lecture with Carl Zimmer: Science and Policy During the Pandemic

Carl Zimmer is an award-winning New York Times columnist and the author of 14 books about science. His newest book is Life’s Edge: The Search For What It Means To Be Alive. Program 5:00pm : Introdution and welcoming…

06-12-202106-12-2021

With: Carl Zimmer, Mirko Bischofberger
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/67513175768
Category: Conferences – Seminars