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Diabetes: a smart shoe to help reduce amputations

Published:02.03.16 — EPFL researchers have developed a shoe sole with valves that electronically control the pressure applied to the arch of the foot. The goal is to relieve foot ulcers commonly caused by diabetes and help them heal to avoid dangerous secondary infections.

Photoshop filters for safer bridges

Published:01.03.16 — Image processing tools can improve our ability to monitor the soundness of infrastructure like bridges and gas pipelines. They increase the precision of optical-fiber measurements by a factor of 100.

Stretchable electronics that quadruple in length

Published:29.02.16 — EPFL researchers have developed conductive tracks that can be bent and stretched up to four times their original length. They could be used in artificial skin, connected clothing and on-body sensors.

EPFL expands scientific collaboration with Iranian universities

Published:27.02.16 — Two collaboration agreements were signed in Tehran during the official visit to the country by Swiss president Johann Schneider-Ammann. The agreements forge ties with Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) and Sharif University of Technology, two high-level educational institutions in the fields of medicine and engineering.

Drinking water: how to deliver it chlorine-free?

Published:26.02.16 — Chlorinated tap water is the norm around the world, but the experiences of several European countries is that it doesn’t have to be. The benefits of foregoing chlorine include better-tasting and, potentially, healthier water.

Infection-fighting bandages for serious burns

Published:25.02.16 — A new generation of biological infection-fighting bandages could reduce the death rate among victims of serious burns. This technology, which EPFL helped develop, is the result of close collaboration among Swiss burn specialists.

Martin Vetterli will be the next president of EPFL

Published:24.02.16 — The new president of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) was announced this morning by the Swiss Federal Council, which confirmed the proposal submitted by the ETH Board. Martin Vetterli will assume his duties on 1 January 2017, taking over for outgoing president Patrick Aebischer.