Your immune system could help cleaning Alzheimer's disease out. EPFL scientists have developed an implantable capsule that can turn the patient’s immune system against the harmful plaques produced ...
The Scala programming language is used by more than a half million developers around the world. EPFL has set up a center to further develop this open-source language.
An amputee feels rough or smooth textures in real-time — with his phantom hand — using an artificial fingertip connected to nerves in the arm. The advancement will accelerate the development of tou...
By using anonymized WiFi data collected on campus, EPFL researchers were able to analyze students’ motivations in a fundamental activity: eating. More broadly, this method offers a low-cost way of ...
Soft electronics are changing the way robots can touch. EPFL Scientists have developed a new soft robotic gripper -- made out of rubber and stretchable electrodes -- that can bend and pick up delic...
Scientists at EPFL (http://www.epfl.ch) have found out that a spider's drag line makes a perfect optical fibre. Moreover, it has the capacity to react to the presence of given molecules. With a las...
Need a new liver or retina? Stem cells could regrow a damaged organ, given that we get enough of them. EPFL researchers have discovered how to mass produce them by squeezing normal cells. This amaz...
Hidden elements can now be placed into an inkjet printed image, thanks to EPFL software. These hidden elements become visible by simply rotating the print.
Jamila Sam et Jean-Cédric Chappelier reçoivent le Credit Suisse Award for Best Teaching 2015, qui récompense la meilleure contribution dans le domaine de l’enseignement à l’EPFL.
Danylo Malyuta and four other mechanical engineering students have developed an unusual miniature rocket equipped with an onboard system for modifying its attitude mid-flight. This represents a sma...
Atelier D. Schlaepfer and Flyability present a short movie featuring the magical encounter between two flying robots. They used the world’s first drones capable of interacting with their environmen...