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- Joint initiative for trustworthy AI https://actu.epfl.ch/news/joint-initiative-for-trustworthy-ai/ 20 comments
- Does one simple rule underlie learning in the brain? https://actu.epfl.ch/news/does-one-simple-rule-underlie-learning-in-the-brai/ 40 comments
- Scientists show that breathing may be used to control a wearable third robotic arm in healthy individuals, without hindering control of other parts of the body. The extra arm can be controlled with the diaphragm, with simultaneous control of both natural arms, without impacting the ability to speak. https://actu.epfl.ch/news/cognitive-strategies-to-augment-the-body-with-an-e/ 18 comments science
- Global warming kills forests by restricting tree transpiration https://actu.epfl.ch/news/global-warming-kills-forests-by-restricting-tree-t/ 5 comments science
- Every one of us has a brain “fingerprint”: due to the signs of brain activity that make up our brain fingerprint, which – like our regular fingerprint – is unique https://actu.epfl.ch/news/our-brains-have-a-fingerprint-too/ 11 comments science
- Mass scale manipulation of Twitter Trends discovered https://actu.epfl.ch/news/mass-scale-manipulation-of-twitter-trends-discov-2/ 4 comments europe
- Researchers have identified a cell molecule that can regulate anxiety and prevent depression. Restoring the expression levels of Mitofusin-2 in anxious individuals makes it possible to return to non-anxious behaviour and prevents depression. https://actu.epfl.ch/news/has-the-ideal-target-for-treating-anxiety-been-dis/ 99 comments science
- Signs of burnout can be detected in sweat. EPFL engineers, working in association with startup Xsensio, have developed a wearable system that can continually measure the concentration of cortisol - the stress hormone - in human sweat https://actu.epfl.ch/news/epfl-moves-boldly-into-space-with-its-chess-satell/ 19 comments science
- Scientists have developed a synthetic blood-thinner that, unlike all others, doesn't cause bleeding side-effects. The highly potent, highly selective, and highly stable molecule can suppress thrombosis while letting blood clot normally following injury. https://actu.epfl.ch/news/blood-thinner-with-no-bleeding-side-effects-is-her/ 113 comments science
- Treatments that block two sugar-transporting proteins could help slow the growth of lung tumours, new research from EPFL suggests. https://actu.epfl.ch/news/blocking-sugar-metabolism-slows-lung-tumour-growth/ 4 comments science
- Graphene doped with sodium can be a key player in making cheap batteries and spintronic devices, EPFL scientists discover. https://actu.epfl.ch/news/graphene-with-sodium-could-make-better-batteries/ 24 comments science
- Introducing the light-operated hard drives of tomorrow: Placing a thin film of perovskite material used in solar cells on top of a magnetic substrate can produce more efficient hard-drives. https://actu.epfl.ch/news/introducing-the-light-operated-hard-drives-of-tomo/ 4 comments science
- Visualizing chemical reactions: Researchers at EPFL have developed a reactor system and an analysis method that has allowed them to observe the real-time production of synthetic natural gas from CO2 and H2 for the first time. https://actu.epfl.ch/news/visualizing-chemical-reactions/ 3 comments science
- An EPFL's student solved a 100-year-old physics enigma. He discovered why gas bubbles in narrow vertical tubes seem to remain stuck instead of rising upwards. https://actu.epfl.ch/news/epfl-s-student-solves-a-100-year-old-physics-enigm/ 16 comments science
- Scientists from the University of Bern, Umeå University, and EPFL have for the first time systematically investigated the genome of the malaria parasite throughout its life cycle, identifying hundreds of potential drug targets that are urgently needed to eradicate the disease. https://actu.epfl.ch/news/a-breakthrough-in-malaria-research/ 5 comments science
- A new deep-learning based motion-capture software, DeepFly3D uses multiple camera views to model the movements of a fruit fly in three dimensions. The ultimate aim is to use this knowledge to design fly-like robots. https://actu.epfl.ch/news/deepfly3d-the-deep-learning-way-to-design-fly-like/ 17 comments science
- Researchers invent low-cost alternative to Bitcoin as the cryptocurrency Bitcoin is limited by its astronomical electricity consumption and outsized carbon footprint. https://actu.epfl.ch/news/epfl-researchers-invent-low-cost-alternative-to-bi/ 3 comments science
- Scientists have discovered that our circadian clock and our cell-cycle are, in fact, synchronized. https://actu.epfl.ch/news/how-our-biological-clocks-are-locked-in-sync/ 22 comments science
- A new computational method, based on neural networks, can simulate open quantum systems with unprecedented versatility. https://actu.epfl.ch/news/simulating-quantum-systems-with-neural-networks/ 7 comments science
- A new microfluidics method can stimulate human stem cells to organize themselves into ordered layers of different cell types. It can help better understand how tissues are formed in the embryo, and be used for fabricating functional tissues and organs for drug testing and transplantation. https://actu.epfl.ch/news/growing-embryonic-tissues-on-a-chip/ 4 comments science
- Perovskite solar cells tested for real-world performance – in the lab: researchers bring diurnal and seasonal variations into the lab to test the performance of perovskite solar cells under realistic conditions. https://actu.epfl.ch/news/perovskite-solar-cells-tested-for-real-world-perfo/ 3 comments science
- Scientists have made a new iron-nickel oxide catalyst for water splitting, the reaction that produces hydrogen fuel. The patent-pending catalyst shows significantly higher activity in the oxygen-evolution part of reaction than conventional nickel-iron oxide catalysts. https://actu.epfl.ch/news/a-water-splitting-catalyst-unlike-any-other/ 11 comments science
- Chemotherapy-treated mammary tumors produce small vesicles that may help them spread to other organs. The study, from EPFL, is published in Nature Cell Biology. https://actu.epfl.ch/news/tumors-backfire-on-chemotherapy/ 17 comments science
- A hydrogel (~90% water) developed at EPFL naturally adheres to soft tissue like cartilage, and could help heal damage e.g. in the knee's meniscus. https://actu.epfl.ch/news/a-hydrogel-that-adheres-firmly-to-cartilage-and-me/ 3 comments science
- A uranium-based complex allows nitrogen fixation reactions to take place in ambient conditions, laying the foundation for developing new processes for synthesizing nitrogen-based products like cyanamide (used widely in agriculture). https://actu.epfl.ch/news/nitrogen-fixation-in-ambient-conditions/ 3 comments science
- EPFL scientists have uncovered that next to estrogen receptor-positive and -negative cells there are cells with very low amounts of the receptor protein. The discovery has significant implications for the role of the receptor in the growth and development of the breast and breast cancer. https://actu.epfl.ch/news/hidden-estrogen-receptors-in-the-breast-epithelium/ 3 comments science
- A material developed by EPFL scientists can rapidly extract trace amounts of gold from waste water, fresh water, ocean water, and even sewage sludge. https://actu.epfl.ch/news/a-sponge-that-can-get-gold-out-of-waste-water/ 120 comments science
- The levels of the anti-aging molecule NAD+ can be boosted in the kidney and liver by blocking an enzyme, shows a new study in Nature from EPFL. The researchers have also developed two enzyme blockers that are shown to protect against kidney and liver disease. https://actu.epfl.ch/news/anti-aging-molecule-nad-gets-a-boost-from-blocking/ 3 comments science
- Men who exhibit high social dominance make faster decisions than low-dominance men even outside a social context, finds a large behavioral study from EPFL. https://actu.epfl.ch/news/dominant-men-make-decisions-faster/ 23 comments science
- Age, sex, and specific human genetic variants are the key factors behind differences between immune responses among healthy humans, finds a study of 1,000 individuals carried out by EPFL and the Pasteur Institute. https://actu.epfl.ch/news/differences-in-immune-responses-due-to-age-sex-and/ 3 comments science
- Neuroscientists (EPFL) have identified a brain mechanism that is linked to aggression and violent behavior, potentially forming the basis for treating aggression in several psychiatric disorders. https://actu.epfl.ch/news/targeting-a-brain-mechanism-could-treat-aggression/ 3 comments science
- Chemical engineers (EPFL) have demonstrated for the first time that an atom-thick graphene membrane can separate gas mixtures with a high-efficiency. The “ultimate” membrane is scalable, making it a breakthrough for industrial gas separation. https://actu.epfl.ch/news/an-atom-thick-graphene-membrane-for-industrial-gas/ 36 comments science
- Researchers make materials opaque to sound waves completely transparent. This involves placing acoustic relays at strategic locations so that sound waves can propagate at a constant amplitude -- regardless of what's in their path. It would theoretically be possible to hide objects like submarines. https://actu.epfl.ch/news/making-opaque-materials-totally-transparent/ 4 comments science
- A new cell type in the body’s fat depots can actively suppress fat cell formation. The discovery was made using single-cell transcriptomics and opens entirely new avenues to combat obesity and related diseases such as diabetes (paper in Nature). https://actu.epfl.ch/news/the-cells-that-control-the-formation-of-fat/ 10 comments science
- Tau protein is one of the major targets in Alzheimer’s disease. EPFL scientists have now found a way to crack the previously inaccessible set of changes that turn Tau into a toxic molecule, known as the “code of Tau”. https://actu.epfl.ch/news/alzheimer-s-breaking-the-code-of-tau/ 46 comments science
- Scientists discover hidden patterns of brain activity (Multidimensional Structures of Neurons That Develop and Collapse in Response to Stimuli) https://actu.epfl.ch/news/scientists-discover-hidden-patterns-of-brain-activ/ 7 comments technology
- Scientists develop gel for growing miniaturized body organs to be used in clinical diagnostics and drug development. They can be used to model diseases, and in the future could be used to test drugs or even replace damaged tissue in patients. http://actu.epfl.ch/news/taking-miniature-organs-from-lab-to-clinic/ 3 comments science
- The motorcycle of the future won't need a rider http://actu.epfl.ch/news/the-motorcycle-of-the-future-won-t-need-a-rider/ 6 comments raspberry_pi
- Scientists have developed a new algorithm that superposes two images during the printing process and allows printing images with hidden elements, a method that could be used used in credit cards and passports. http://actu.epfl.ch/news/rotate-an-image-another-one-appears/ 3 comments science
- Scientists reveal the mechanism responsible for aging hidden deep within mitochondria—and dramatically slow it down in worms by administering antibiotics to the young http://actu.epfl.ch/news/slowing-the-aging-process-only-with-antibiotics/ 3 comments science