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Glass-blowers at a nano scale

Published:10.04.13 — EPFL researchers are using the electrical properties of a scanning electron microscope to change the size of glass capillary tubes. Their method has already been patented as it could pave the way to many novel applications.

Nanowires Have the Power to Revolutionize Solar Energy

Published:08.04.13 — Capture up to 12 times more light to produce more energy? Nanowires do just that and surpass expectations on solar energy production.

Another step towards free electricity

Published:04.04.13 — Superconductors can radically change energy management as we know it, but most are commercially unusable because they only work close to absolute zero. A research group at EPFL has now published an innovative approach that may help us understand and use superconductivity at more realistic temperatures.

High speed cancer profiling

Published:02.04.13 — Identify the type of cancer for patients with breast cancer in a few minutes. This is the challenge that EPFL researchers successfully met by presenting their new “microfluidic chip.” Their research is written up in the American journal, PNAS.

Climate change: “It looks bleak now, but we have many possibilities."

Published:29.03.13 — Raymond Bradley is a distinguished climatologist who has travelled the globe to study climate and climate change for over four decades. We met with him to discuss politics, climate, and the game-changing role of mobile phones.

Shifting the Internet into high gear

Published:27.03.13 — A new-generation analog-to-digital converter (ADC) developed by a joint IBM-EPFL team has the potential to greatly increase the speed and volume of data that can be transferred over the Internet.

A "micro-tap" for treating glaucoma

Published:25.03.13 — A tiny, EPFL-designed implantable device that can be positioned within the eye and controlled remotely may well revolutionize the treatment of glaucoma. The device should be through testing this year and on its way to the market in 2014 via Rheon Medical, an EPFL spin-off.