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Studying gait for designing better prostheses

Published:20.08.12 — SUMMER SERIES (8) – Our ability to put one foot in front of the other is the result of a subtle coordination between the brain and the spinal cord. Understanding this mechanism was the goal of Life Science student Steve Berger’s Master’s thesis. He hopes to help create prostheses that are better adapted to the needs of handicapped individuals.

"Luna" has arrived in St-Prex

Published:16.08.12 — The provisional stage designed by EPFL for the St Prex Classics festival was finally roofed on Wednesday. From next year onwards, "Luna" will be inflated with helium and will float above this medieval village.

Improving the view – a new program for processing Hubble images

Published:15.08.12 — SUMMER SERIES – Student projects (7) An EPFL student has focused his work on an image of the farthest reaches of the visible universe. An improved image processing program made the photograph clearer, allowing more information to be obtained from it.

Rooting out rumors, epidemics, and crime – with math

Published:10.08.12 — A team of EPFL scientists has developed an algorithm that can identify the source of an epidemic or information circulating within a network, a method that could also be used to help with criminal investigations.

Delivering Nitrogen Preserved Vaccines across Tanzania

Published:06.08.12 — SUMMER SERIES - Student projects (6):Transporting a vaccine at -140 degrees Celsius on the difficult roads of Sub-Saharan Africa is problematic, but five students in life sciences have gone to Tanzania to attempt to find a solution.

Giant telescope will reveal the outer reaches of the universe

Published:02.08.12 — The European Extremely Large Telescope Project (E-ELT) has officially been launched. This enormous telescope, with a diameter of nearly 40m, will be built in Chili and will include technologies developed at EPFL.

A navigable canal to connect Lake Geneva to Lake Neuchâtel

Published:30.07.12 — SUMMER SERIES - Student projects (5): An EPFL civil engineering student has envisioned a 38 km long navigation canal between Lake Neuchâtel and Lake Geneva. It is designed to be punctuated by three tunnels, locks and even a boat lift.