Category: News
PET-like plastic developed from biomass waste
EPFL scientists – in collaboration with an Austrian university – have created a new PET-like recyclable plastic that can be easily made from the non-edible parts of plants. The promising tough, heat-resistant plastic could be used for food packaging.
Bühler opens Insect Technology Center
Bühler Group has officially opened its world-class Insect Technology Center. The facility combines Bühler’s expertise with cutting-edge infrastructure to drive the development of the insect industry.
How to train harvesting robots ?
Raspberries are difficult fruit to harvest. They need to be picked by hand instead of machines.
But what if robots, equipped with advanced sensors, could lend a helping hand? Engineers at EPFL have set out to tackle this very challenge.
Connecting stress and weigh in early adolescence
Scientists at EPFL have found a biological connection explaining why there is a predisposition to develop obesity and being less sociable in individuals that have experienced stress during early puberty.
Beaulieu Circulaire
Collaborate, develop, test, and innovate. Halle 18 in Beaulieu is a “laboratory” village, supporting concrete initiatives and developing innovative solutions to global challenges.
COVID-19 and high calorie comfort food
A new study by researchers from EPFL, the University of Fribourg, and Microsoft Research has found there was a surge in high calorie foods during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, with potential implications for public health.
Nestlé new Institute on Agriculture
Nestlé strengthens agricultural science expertise with new research institute that will focus on the areas of plant science, dairy livestock and agricultural systems science.
Expert Panel “Future of Food Switzerland”
The panel was set up at the initiative of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network Switzerland, a UN initiative for a scientifically grounded implementation of the global goals.
Deforestation-free for palm oil
A team of scientists from EPFL and WSL has studied the conversion of savannas into oil palm plantations as a deforestation-free way of growing these plantations.
New model of the diversity and evolution of gut bacteria
Neutral mutants can prevail in gut microbiota, enhancing diversity. Prof. Bitbol has now developed a “minimal model” of bacterial mutation and evolution in the gut.