News

  1. Add an EPFL News block.
  2. In the right column, make sure that the Block tab is active, if not, click on it.
    • From the drop-down menu, select the desired news channel.
      The menu being quite long, you can also click on the menu then type the first letters of the desired channel to get there faster.
    • Only active channels are displayed (with at least one news less than a year old).
  3. Select a display template. Note: the display does not change in edit mode
    • Select the number of news :
      Note: The number of news items can only be defined for the template: Template listing
      Choose the number of news to display either by indicating a value (3 by default) or by sliding the cursor along the bar.
  4. Click on Display the link “all news” if you want to display a link to actu.epfl.ch
  5. Select the language of the news
  6. [Optional] If your news channel features sections, you can filter the display by selecting a section from the drop-down menu.
  7. [Optional] Theme Section: Click in the drop-down menu to filter news by theme
  8. [Optional] Category Section: Click on a category to turn on this filter.
    Note: Sections, Theme and category filters can be combined

Example

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Today's buildings hold the key to housing tomorrow's population

  • News
  • Research
Read moresur Tech Transfer.

Curbing new-build construction, renovating existing buildings at pace and rethinking how we use them: according to Philippe Thalmann, an urban and environmental economics professor at EPFL, these are the steps we’ll need to take to both meet climate targets and accommodate an ever-growing population.

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Simulating how fruit flies see, smell, and navigate

NewsResearch

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

NewsInnovation

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.

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