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A simulated fruit fly navigates through a dynamic, obstacle-filled environment, showcasing NeuroMechFly v2’s enhanced sensory and motor integration in a virtual world. Credit: Ramdya laboratory, EPFL.

Simulating how fruit flies see, smell, and navigate

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Scientists at EPFL have advanced their NeuroMechFly model, simulating fruit fly movement in the real world. With integrated vision and smell, it helps us understand brain-body coordination, setting a path for neuroengineering's role in robotics and AI.

New type of weather radiosonde can find its way back

12.11.24NewsInnovation

Some 80% of weather radiosondes – remote measurement instruments containing plastic, batteries and electronic parts – end up lost in nature after one flight. But a startup created by an EPFL master’s student is set to change that with a new, ultra-lightweight “glidersonde” that can automatically return to where it was launched.

EPFL and UM6P extend their collaboration to green energy research

13.11.24NewsEPFL

EPFL and Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) have taken a new step in their collaboration by signing an agreement to expand their cooperation in the field of green energies.

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“I asked for no special arrangements, even as an elite athlete!”

12.11.24EPFL

Paul McIntyre is the 2024 Swiss champion for the indoor 1,500 meter race. Also an EPFL master’s student in data science, the 24-year-old plans to complete his military service on the elite athlete track after he graduates.

Matthieu Fehlmann, pictured here on the site of the extension to Collège du Cheminet in Penthalaz (Vaud), designed by Ferrari Architectes. © 2024 EPFL/Alain Herzog - CC-BY-SA 4.0

“Timber can be a good alternative if it's used wisely”

05.11.24Education

For his master’s degree in civil engineering, Matthieu Fehlmann worked on a project in Australia where he studied methods for laterally stabilizing an eight-story timber building without using concrete. This experience was both personally and academically enriching, and it gave him exposure to a whole different set of construction standards.

Camille Goemans in her lab. Credit: Titouan Veuillet (EPFL)

“Having a career in academia is the coolest thing ever”

25.10.24EPFL community

Camille Goemans is a microbiologist whose research focuses on the impact of antibiotics on diverse bacteria, particularly those residing in the human gut microbiota.

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Pierre Wets, flou, tenant dans ses mains une cannette de soda et une balle de ping-pong cassées © EPFL 2024 / Adrien Buttier

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When physics takes centre stage

Arabidopsis Thaliana Inflorescencias. © wikipedia

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Thale cress, the unassuming weed that’s lighting up science

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Research and Doctoral Awards Ceremony 2024

The Research and Doctoral Awards Ceremony 204 will take place on Thursday, November 28, 2024. The aim of this ceremony is to confer the EPFL Research and Doctoral Awards to the laureates and to congratulate all doctoral…

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With: Andreas Mortensen, Annalisa Buffa
Place and room: RLC E1 240
Category: Conferences – Seminars