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Electric cars increasingly accepted by the Swiss

Published:08.02.12 — Electric vehicles have quite a good image in Switzerland, according to a study conducted by EPFL’s Transport Center in association with the company Renault Suisse.

A quantum connection between light and motion

Published:06.02.12 — Physicists have demonstrated a system in which light is used to control the motion of an object that is large enough to be seen with the naked eye at the level where quantum mechanics governs its behavior.

A toolbox for creating your start-up!

Published:03.02.12 — Are you a student, doctoral, post-doctoral, with a diploma from EPFL, from the University of Lausanne, or from any other Swiss university? If you dream of launching your own company, or if you want to get your project off the ground, we give you a hand-up over six months or in only 54 hours.

How to turn leaves into solar panels

Published:03.02.12 — Photovoltaic panels made from plant material could become a cheap, easy alternative to traditional solar cells.

Swimming goes high tech with EPFL-developed inertial systems

Published:01.02.12 — Scientists from EPFL’s Laboratory of Movement Analysis and Measurement have developed inertial systems, worn in a full-body swimming suit, which can analyse the strengths and weaknesses of elite-level swimmers during workout sessions. It’s a revolutionary new tool for coaches.

New technology gives implants a protective covering

Published:30.01.12 — A technology developed by labseed, an EPFL spin-off, could prevent most breast implant rejections. The final product should be commercially available as early as 2013.

Pine transformed by modern alchemists

Published:27.01.12 — Researchers have given pinewood the hardness and smooth touch of precious wood. L’EPFL+ECAL Lab presents the first objects made of this new material in Helsinki today.