This year a great deal of research done at EPFL made the headlines in newspapers. Here are a few that marked the first 4 months of the year. February 5 - A prosthesis that restores the sense of touch Dennis Aabo Sørensen is the first amputee to recover the sense of touch. Equipped with touch sensors, his prosthetic hand could translate data into language that the nervous system can interpret. This European project united the EPFL laboratory of Silvestro Micera with several German and Italian institutions. February 24 - Microalgae produce natural gas Microalgae cultivated in tanks is converted to natural gas. This method has been developed in the laboratory of Christian Ludwig.
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