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How cholera bacteria outsmart viruses

Published:26.05.25 — EPFL researchers uncover a notorious cholera strain that contains sophisticated immune systems to fend off viruses, which potentially helped it fuel a devastating epidemic across Latin America.

Where power will come from in 2050

Published:22.05.25 — By 2050, the aim is for Switzerland’s energy system to be decarbonised and no longer reliant on nuclear power. How this can be achieved and the costs of doing so are set out in a new report by a Swiss research consortium involving researchers from EPFL, ETH Zurich, WSL, the universities of Geneva and Bern, and ZHAW.

Appointment of EPFL professors

Published:22.05.25 — The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment of professors at EPFL.

Staking out a path to trustworthy AI

Published:21.05.25 — Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) suffers from several types of biases that reflect human failings. How can we avoid being tricked?

The promise and limitations of organoids for scientific research

Published:19.05.25 — Organoids are a promising breakthrough that scientists have been exploring over the past 15 years. These three-dimensional tissue cultures grown from human stem cells stand to revolutionize some aspects of biomedical research, but they won’t do away entirely with the need for animal testing.