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Mapping the brain's wiring

Published:28.08.25 — EPFL researchers have developed a powerful method to generate brain-wide, biologically realistic wiring maps of the mouse brain. Their approach bridges experimental data with mathematical and computational modeling to simulate how neurons connect across the entire brain.

An open-source AI platform to democratize protein design

Published:29.08.25 — Since its release last year, the open-source platform BindCraft, developed at EPFL, has already disrupted the world of protein design.

Advanced AI models are not always better than simple ones

Published:28.08.25 — EPFL researchers have developed Systema, a new tool to evaluate how well AI models work when predicting the effects of genetic perturbations.

Who leads and who follows? A new way to read network flows

Published:27.08.25 — Researchers at EPFL and the University of Geneva have developed a new algorithm that cracks an outstanding challenge in network science: dealing with directionality to detect communities. From neuroscience to social media and traffic patterns, this breakthrough reveals not just who’s connected—but who’s leading the pack.

High prevalence of sleep disorders detected in Yverdon-les-Bains

Published:26.08.25 — Scientists from EPFL and Haute École d'Ingénierie et de Gestion du Canton de Vaud (HEIG-VD), working in partnership with the City of Yverdon-les-Bains, have analyzed the sleep quality of a sample of the city’s residents. They discovered that sleep disorders are much more common there than elsewhere in the country.