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Amputees feel as though their prosthetic limb belongs to their body

yesterday — Mediacom In a breakthrough approach that combines virtual reality and artificial tactile sensations, two amputees feel as though their prosthetic hand belongs to their own body. Moreover, the scientists show that the phantom limb actually grows into the prosthetic hand. Read the whole article

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Classes at the Language Centre - 2018-2019 Autumn Semester

yesterday — Languages Center Register online at langues.epfl.ch before 18 September 2018. Read the whole article

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IMPROGINEERING – future EPFL engineers on stage at l'Arsenic

14.08.18 — CDH | College of humanities Last May, twenty-four EPFL Students staged at l’Arsenic, Lausanne, the performances they have created within the new SHS course entitled "Collective creation: improvised arts and engineering". Here is the videoclip ! Read the whole article

Research

Differences in immune responses due to age, sex, and genetics

14.08.18 — Mediacom Age, sex, and specific human genetic variants are the key factors behind differences between immune responses among healthy humans, finds a study of 1,000 individuals carried out by EPFL and the Pasteur Institute. Read the whole article

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A computational method for designing a new type of 2D carbons

13.08.18 — SB | Basic Sciences Scientists from EPFL and Berkeley have developed a computational method for designing a new type of two-dimensional carbon materials called Schwarzites. Read the whole article

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When the malaria parasite goes into hiding

13.08.18 — Mediacom Summer series. Student project (7/9) – A chemical engineering student at EPFL has developed a model to simulate the metabolism of the malaria parasite in its dormant state, when drugs have no effect on it. This model could be the key to eradicating the disease. Read the whole article

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Congratulations to Jianfeng for his paper in Nature Communications!

12.08.18 — Laboratory of Nanochemistry for Energy Catalysts are mortal - they are born, they age, and they degrade with use. But what actually happens while they operate? (by Adam Weingarten @NatureComms)  Read the whole article

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Targeting a brain mechanism could treat aggression

10.08.18 — Mediacom EPFL neuroscientists have identified a brain mechanism that is linked to aggression and violent behavior, potentially forming the basis for treating aggression in several psychiatric disorders. Read the whole article

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New project: SYNCHROFAP

10.08.18 — SCCER - Future Swiss Electrical Infrastructure At the recent call of SFOE Grid program, 7 out of 9 approved projects were from SCCER-FURIES partners. This summer series of news will be dedicated to the short description of these projects. Read the whole article

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Vibrational spectroscopy dissects a surface reaction

10.08.18 — SB | Basic Sciences When a metal surface catalyzes a chemical process, the surface atoms aren’t all the same. EPFL scientists have bridged the gap between lab and plant by studying methane dissociation on the (211) crystal face of platinum. Read the whole article