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EPFL reinvents the liquid crystal display

Published:14.03.11 — An EPFL laboratory has developed a new technology, based on optofluidics, to improve LCD screens and optical information processing systems. The scientists are targeting a refresh rate on the order of a kilohertz, ten times faster than the technology currently used in LCD television screens.

IT – still a man's world?

Published:11.03.11 — The UN agency for information and communication technologies (ITU) has organized a debate on the low level of female participation in this discipline. At EPFL, as well as at other Swiss universities, female students account for only 15% of the total. Anastasia Ailamaki, the professor in charge of the Data-Intensive Applications and Systems Laboratory, was invited to attend. She gives us a few avenues to explore.

Record numbers expected at open days for sixth-formers

Published:10.03.11 — There will be quite a crowd on campus today! Around 1200 sixth-form students will be coming to find out more about the courses on offer. Over the next four days, no less than 2050 prospective students – a record number – will be visiting EPFL.

Cancer therapies against malaria

Published:09.03.11 — A new class of drugs for cancer chemotherapy has a surprising result – against malaria.

EPFL moves into 21st-century academic teaching

Published:08.03.11 — “Young people and their world have changed, and we must adapt our methods of teaching accordingly.” This is the message from Philippe Gillet, Vice-President of EPFL for academic affairs, who has announced the nomination of two new Deans and several reorganizations.

The memory uncovers the secret of its “fuel”

Published:07.03.11 — Researchers from the Brain Mind Institute at EPFL and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York have highlighted the crucial role played by a by-product of glucose – lactate – in the formation of long-term memory. This could lead to new therapeutic perspectives for some neurological disorders.

Eight professors appointed at EPFL

Published:04.03.11 — During the session of March 2nd and 3rd 2011, the ETH Board announced eight appointments concerning EPFL, among which were three new scientific personalities who will work at the Ecublens campus.