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A social network to help reduce our electricity consumption

Published:31.08.15 — Summer series on student projects: Three future micro-engineers have developed an interactive website – a sort of social network about energy – in order to link grid operators with users and encourage users to reduce their electricity consumption and share their ideas.

An app to steer clear of Kenya's road hazards

Published:28.08.15 — Driving in Nairobi is often akin to navigating an obstacle course. Residents can now do something about it thanks to an app developed with EPFL.

Paralysis: primates recover better than rodents

Published:26.08.15 — Monkeys and humans exhibit greater motor recovery than rats after similar spinal cord injury, according to a study conducted in Grégoire Courtine’s lab at EPFL. The study results have been published in Science Translational Medicine.

Students build giant “harp” perched high above Les Diablerets

Published:26.08.15 — Summer Series – Student Projects: EPFL architecture students erect a temporary landmark in Les Diablerets to promote soft forms of mobility and offer pedestrian tourists a visual, tactile, and auditory experience in the Swiss Alps.

Could urban disorder give way to sustainability?

Published:24.08.15 — An EPFL researcher is modeling cities in order to understand their metabolism and determine their ecological impact when they grow and change. Her research is aimed at identifying the urban form that is most efficient and consumes the least amount of natural resources.

Using fungi to harvest microalgae for biofuels

Published:21.08.15 — Microalgae are a promising feedstock for biofuels, but current methods of harvesting and dewatering them are unsustainable. Now researchers have shown that growing the algae with certain filamentous fungi to form lichens can reduce both cost and the energy input.

Lake Gruyere mosquitos: hitting them when they are weakest

Published:17.08.15 — Summer Series on Student Projects: Two EPFL students wrote hundreds of lines of computer code in a war against mosquitos, waged on the shores of Lake Gruyere. The objective: tracking the development of the mosquito larvae to predict exactly when and where to strike.