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In collaboration with scientists in Germany, researchers have demonstrated that the spiral geometry of tiny, twisted magnetic tubes can be leveraged to transmit data based on quasiparticles called magnons, rather than electrons. Magnonics is an emerging engineering subfield that targets high-speed, high-efficiency information encoding without the energy loss that burdens electronics.

Scientists at EPFL have created a scalable 3D organoid model that captures key features of early limb development, revealing how a specialized signaling center shapes both cell identity and tissue organization. During early development, the embryo builds the body's organs by exchanging chemical signals between different cell types.

Researchers from EPFL, Empa, and CSEM have developed a sustainable smart sensing tag that can be used to signal when shipments of medicines or food have exceeded a safe threshold temperature.

Scientists at EPFL have developed an innovative, non-invasive brain stimulation therapy to significantly improve visual function in stroke patients who have suffered vision loss following a stroke. The approach could offer a more efficient and faster way to regain visual function in such cases. Each year, thousands of stroke survivors are left with hemianopia, a condition that causes loss of half of their visual field (the "vertical midline").

Researchers uncover how charge and structure control ion flow in biological nanopores, paving the way for new biosensors and ion-based computing. Pore-forming proteins are found throughout nature. In humans, they play key roles in immune defense, while in bacteria they often act as toxins that punch holes in cell membranes.

Scientists at EPFL and UNIL-CHUV have developed a computational method to create synthetic receptors that help engineered T cells respond more effectively to tumors. Cancer immunotherapy, especially using T cells, is showing a lot of promise in treating blood cancers. Bioengineered T cells, especially those equipped with chimeric antigen receptors (CAR-T cells), have revolutionized cancer treatment.

Researchers have developed a method to calibrate electron spectrometers with extreme accuracy by linking microwave, optical, and free-electron frequencies. Frequency is one of the most precisely measurable quantities in science. Thanks to optical frequency combs, tools that generate a series of equally spaced, precise frequencies like the teeth of a ruler, researchers can connect frequencies across the electromagnetic spectrum, from microwaves to optical light, enabling breakthroughs in timekeeping, spectroscopy, and navigation .

Researchers have developed and tested Votegral a complete e-voting pipeline, demonstrating for the first time that there is a plausible and practical approach to coercion-resistant electronic voting in elections. Over the past decade, many studies have identified coercion and corruption as major challenges for electoral integrity around the world.

Microcatheters are medical devices that can snake through the body's blood vessels to deliver lifesaving therapies - for example to treat clogged arteries, or to stop bleeding.

Using simulations, robots, and live fish, scientists at EPFL and Duke University have replicated the neural circuitry that allows zebrafish to react to visual stimuli and maintain their position in flowing water. They provide a complete picture of how brain circuits, body mechanics, and the environment work together to control behavior.

Researchers have discovered that a droplet of liquid can bounce for several minutes - and perhaps indefinitely - over a vibrating solid surface. The seemingly simple observation has big implications for physics and chemistry. If you've ever added liquid to a hot frying pan, maybe you noticed how the droplets bubbled up and skittered across the sizzling surface, rather than immediately flattening and wetting.

Researchers uncover how transcription factor dosage reshapes cell identity, showing that even small differences in dose can steer cells toward completely different fates. Their findings reveal a new layer of control in cell reprogramming. Transcription factors are proteins that control gene expression in a cell.

An EPFL study shows red light, like blue, causes stronger glare than white, challenging the century-old and globally used function that describes how the human eye responds to different light wavelengths. The findings have implications for standards and research, as well as for the comfort of building occupants.

In a new study using AI and machine learning, researchers have found that it's not only what we eat, but how consistently we eat it that plays a crucial role in gut health. The gut microbiota is the community of microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi and other microbes, that lives in our digestive systems - some of these microbes are helpful and others can be harmful.

Researchers have pioneered a 3D printing method that grows metals and ceramics inside a water-based gel, resulting in exceptionally dense, yet intricate constructions for next-generation energy, biomedical, and sensing technologies.

A study led by EPFL shows that Urolithin A, a natural compound, can abolish high anxiety in rats by repairing mitochondrial function in their brain cells, specifically in the nucleus accumbens. The findings open a new avenue for approaches to help reduce anxiety. Anxiety disorders affects millions of people worldwide, with about 14% experiencing an anxiety disorder in any given year.

A study led by EPFL shows that Urolithin A, a natural compound, can abolish high anxiety in rats by repairing mitochondrial function in their brain cells, specifically in the nucleus accumbens. The findings open a new avenue for effective and possibly side effect-free nutritional approaches to help reduce anxiety.

Researchers from EPFL, AMD, and the University of Novi Sad have uncovered a long-standing inefficiency in the algorithm that programs millions of reconfigurable chips used worldwide, a discovery that could reshape how future generations of these are designed and programmed.

Physicists and their collaborators have directly observed and controlled a rare double-dome pattern of superconductivity in twisted trilayer graphene, shedding light on how exotic quantum states emerge and interact in engineered materials. Superconductivity is a phenomenon where certain materials can conduct electricity with zero resistance.

Researchers at EPFL have created the first 4D lipid atlas of vertebrate development, revealing how fats shape our bodies from embryo to organism. We often think of embryonic development as a genetic ballet, choreographed entirely by DNA and proteins. But there's another cast member quietly shaping the scene: lipids.