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Assemblée citoyenne – Politique alimentaire
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
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
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
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
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.
How to train harvesting robots ?
Raspberries are difficult fruit to harvest. They need to be picked by hand instead of machines.
But what if robots, equipped with advanced sensors, could lend a helping hand? Engineers at EPFL have set out to tackle this very challenge.
Connecting stress and weigh in early adolescence
Scientists at EPFL have found a biological connection explaining why there is a predisposition to develop obesity and being less sociable in individuals that have experienced stress during early puberty.
Beaulieu Circulaire
Collaborate, develop, test, and innovate. Halle 18 in Beaulieu is a “laboratory” village, supporting concrete initiatives and developing innovative solutions to global challenges.
COVID-19 and high calorie comfort food
A new study by researchers from EPFL, the University of Fribourg, and Microsoft Research has found there was a surge in high calorie foods during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, with potential implications for public health.
Nestlé new Institute on Agriculture
Nestlé strengthens agricultural science expertise with new research institute that will focus on the areas of plant science, dairy livestock and agricultural systems science.