© 2020 EPFL / Fred Merz 2020 was a year unlike any other. Here at EPFL, COVID-19 upended our plans in the areas of education, research and innovation. And while we will remember this past year for its pandemic-related headlines, our ten most-read news articles once again reflect the wide diversity of science. The fully transparent surgical mask, called HelloMasks , combine transparency, resistance and porosity. They are small enough to filter out viruses and bacteria but large enough to let air through. Developed by EPFL's EssentialTech Center, working with Empa, they will soon be produced on an industrial scale. Work has just begun on building the first satellite that can capture and deorbit space debris.
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