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Jeremy Luterbacher’s PET-like plastic made of plant by-products

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Jeremy Luterbacher from EPFL’s Laboratory of Sustainable and Catalytic Processing has developed a way to turn plant by-products into materials that could serve as an alternative to some types of plastic.

Événement – Sommet Suisse sur le Système Alimentaire

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Ces derniers mois, l’Assemblée Citoyenne pour une Politique Alimentaire et le Comité scientifique Avenir Alimentaire Suisse se sont penchés de manière intensive sur cette question. Les recommandations en résultant pour une politique alimentaire durable ont été remis lors du Sommet Suisse sur le Système Alimentaire 2023.

Project BIOPACK – Biobased food packaging

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Project BIOPACK started in 2019 and involves Prof. Michaud’s Laboratory and Nestlé. Its overall objective is to create life-cycle engineered, biobased food packaging solutions to minimize environmental impact, from production all the way to after use.

Série radio – L’avenir de notre alimentation

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Quel sera l’avenir de notre alimentation? Pour discuter de ce thème pour le moins concernant, Loïc Delacour a convié autour de la table plusieurs intervenants, experts et acteurs dans le domaine de l’alimentation, dont le directeur de l’IFNC Christian Schwab.

Edible drone for emergency scenarios

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It may not be the tastiest meal ever flown, but EPFL researchers have developed an edible drone designed to serve as life-sustaining nutrition for people stranded in emergency situations.

Assemblée citoyenne – Politique alimentaire

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À quoi doit ressembler une politique alimentaire pour la Suisse ? C’est la question à laquelle s’attelle la première Assemblée citoyenne suisse pour la politique alimentaire.

Gamaya launches a unique solution with Syngenta

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The EPFL spin-off Gamaya and Syngenta have launched a unique digital diagnostics tool for commercial use. As a result, growers will have access to a disruptive remote sensing tool that allows reliable nematode damage detection.

Enabling greenhouse energy transition

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Voltiris – an EPFL startup – develops color-optimized solar modules to combine crop growth and energy production. By using this innovative solution, greenhouse owners can improve their energy independence, viability and sustainability.

PET-like plastic developed from biomass waste

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EPFL scientists – in collaboration with an Austrian university – have created a new PET-like recyclable plastic that can be easily made from the non-edible parts of plants. The promising tough, heat-resistant plastic could be used for food packaging.

Bühler opens Insect Technology Center

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Bühler Group has officially opened its world-class Insect Technology Center. The facility combines Bühler’s expertise with cutting-edge infrastructure to drive the development of the insect industry.