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Unraveling the brain's hidden motor modules

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Scientists have identified previously unknown neural modules in the brain that control movement and adapt during skill learning. Their findings challenge long-held ideas about how the brain organizes movement.

Appointment of EPFL professors

06.03.25NewsEPFL

The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment of professors at EPFL.

Another year of growth in investment and startups

28.02.25NewsInnovation

EPFL startups raised a record CHF 512 million in 2024, continuing to attract investors despite a downward trend in venture capital for Switzerland as a whole.

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Quentin Delval. 2025 EPFL Alain Herzog - CC-BY-SA 4.0

“Masculinity transcends cultures”

24.02.25EPFL community

Quentin Delval hails from Belgium, although you wouldn’t know it from his accent. He holds a PhD in philosophy of science, works as a diversity, equity and inclusion project manager at EPFL, and has written a gently persuasive book about masculinity – or, to be exact, about the “free pass” afforded to men in today’s society.

“The best part of founding a startup is the early-stage phase"

17.02.25Innovation

Vincent Bieri is a serial risk-taker who has always relied on passion and intuition. He co-founded EPFL spin-off Nexthink, which achieved unicorn status in 2021, and lately has been guiding up-and-coming entrepreneurs as a startup coach.

Angela Steinauer - 2025 EPFL/Alain Herzog - CC-BY-SA 4.0

“The relationships you build with peers are essential”

03.02.25EPFL

Professor of chemistry at EPFL, Angela Steinauer reflects on how the FLP program for women in science helped shape her career. Applications for 2025 are open.

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Une infographie avec le titre «AI hallucinations»

Why Does AI Hallucinate?

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Generative AIs, which create content from a prompt, are far from perfect. When they get things wrong, we call it AI hallucinations. But what exactly does this phenomenon mean?

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Swiss Week of Sustainability : 2025 Edition

The Swiss Week of Sustainability is back from the 3rd to the 7th of March for its 2025 edition ! On the menu are workshops, guest speaker seminars and film screenings organized by the associative actors of Sustainability…

03-03-202507-03-2025

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Ciné-débat : Quand la cybersurveillance menace les droits humains

11-03-202511-03-2025

With: Catherine Pugin, Hông-Ân Sandlin, Melanie Kolbe-Guyot, Mehdi Atmani, Nicolas Dorfsman, Julie Schüpbach
Place and room: Forum Rolex
Category: Conferences – Seminars

International Women's Rights Day

10-03-202510-03-2025

With: Ruth Dreifuss, Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, Quentin Delval, Helene Füger, Vincenzo Iacoviello-Frederic, Pamela Ohene-Nyako, Christophe Wagnière, Nicola Winzenried
Place and room: RLC E1 240
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/69435171176
Category: Conferences – Seminars