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Professors Mackenzie and Alexander Mathis. Credits: SNSF (M. Mathis), Wikimedia Commons (A. Mathis)

Mackenzie and Alexander Mathis Awarded 2024 Robert Bing Prize

— EPFL Professors Mackenzie and Alexander Mathis have been honored with the 2024 Robert Bing Prize by the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS) for their groundbreaking contributions to the intersection of neuroscience and machine learning.

Non-invasive brain stimulation at EPFL © 2024 EPFL/Jamani Caillet - CC-BY-SA 4.0

Neurotechnology boosts memory without surgery

— EPFL researchers have combined virtual reality, non-invasive brain stimulation and advanced brain imaging techniques to improve spatial navigation in healthy participants. The study is a first step in addressing dementia in an aging population without medication or surgery.

A biofilm formed by two Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains (chronic-like in green, acute-like in orange) growing inside the airway epithelium (magenta). Credit: Lucas Meirelles (EPFL)

A lung pathogen's dilemma: infect or resist antibiotics?

— A new study by EPFL reveals that the notorious bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa must balance between effectively colonizing human airways and developing antibiotic tolerance to survive.