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The Right Dose for Oncology

Published:08.03.13 — EPFL researchers develop a tool for oncologists using the electrical signature of cancer cells to get just the right treatment dosage for each patient.

Sizes within a species appear to follow a universal distribution

Published:05.03.13 — Researchers discovered what might be a universal property of size distributions in living systems. If valid throughout the animal kingdom, it could have profound implications on how we understand population dynamics of large ecosystems.

The camera to the infinitesimal is exported to Asia

Published:04.03.13 — Attolight, EPFL’s spin-off, is looking towards the rising sun. While a Singapore based research institute has placed its first order, other sales are being approved in China and a contract with a Japanese distributor is under negotiation. Samuel Sonderegger is the CEO of this young company created in 2008, and he reveals to us the secrets of his entry into the Asian market.

Open-access "made in EPFL" has caught Nature's publisher's eye

Published:01.03.13 — Nature Publishing Group, publisher of the prestigious journal of the same name, has decided to invest in Frontiers, an EPFL-born company that publishes scientific journals under an open-access model.

EPFL staff unveil their artistic talents

Published:27.02.13 — Over thirty EPFL employees have agreed to exhibit their works at CREApoly. You will be able to discover them from 28 February and until 5 March at EPFL (preview of the exhibition on Wednesday 27 February at 17:30).

A captain for the EPFL Valais Wallis academic cluster

Published:26.02.13 — EPFL announces the appointment of Marc-André Berclaz, current President of the HES-SO’s executive Committee, to the post of chief operating officer of the EPFL Valais Wallis cluster

The Venice Time Machine: Science, Humanities And The Arts Unite

Published:23.02.13 — EPFL and Ca' Foscari University join forces in creating a trans-disciplinary program for education and research.