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Light That Adapts to Your Needs Through the Eye of a Camera

Published:09.03.15 — EPFL researchers have developed a camera that sees like the human eye, providing clues about the sensation of visual comfort. The instrument could optimize natural and artificial lighting to constantly adapt to the needs of the user.

Graphene Meets Heat Waves

Published:06.03.15 — EPFL researchers have shed new light on the fundamental mechanisms of heat dissipation in graphene and other two-dimensional materials. They have shown that heat can propagate as a wave over very long distances. This is key information for engineering the electronics of tomorrow.

Kids and robots learn to write together

Published:04.03.15 — Who is the teacher: the student or the machine? By showing a robot how to write letters, children improve their writing skills and gain self-­‐confidence. This system, called CoWriter, was developed by EPFL researchers.

Lausanne to reunite the world's major “Brain Initiatives”

Published:03.03.15 — The Brain Forum 2015 will bring together top scientists and entrepreneurs from the biggest “brain initiatives” of recent years. The event will run from March 30 to April 1 at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne.

The first ever photograph of light as both a particle and wave

Published:02.03.15 — Light behaves both as a particle and as a wave. Since the days of Einstein, scientists have been trying to directly observe both of these aspects of light at the same time. Now, scientists at EPFL have succeeded in capturing the first-ever snapshot of this dual behavior.

Ramp metering and speed limits to prevent traffic jams

Published:25.02.15 — EPFL researchers showed that by managing the access to freeway junctions and moderating the speed limit on the express lanes it is possible to reduce delays by over 12% across the highway system.

Where Science, Art and Society Meet

Published:23.02.15 — Last August, a public-private partnership enabled the launch of construction of the Under One Roof building, designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma to house three areas dedicated to interactions between science, art and society.