GenevaLunch » EPFL http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:10:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no EPFL to set up energy, chemistry branch in Valais http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/10/epfl-to-set-up-energy-chemistry-branch-in-valais/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/10/epfl-to-set-up-energy-chemistry-branch-in-valais/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:12:53 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=65118 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Canton Vaud’s federal polytechnic institute, EPFL and canton Valais signed an agreement of intention Tuesday 10 January in Sion to establish a branch of the school in canton Valais, most likely in Sion but working closely with a number of existing services throughout the canton. A formal agreement and plans will be [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/10/epfl-to-set-up-energy-chemistry-branch-in-valais/feed/ 0 Bye-bye energy-hog electronics in 2017, EPFL suggests http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/22/bye-bye-energy-hog-electronics-in-2017-epfl-suggests/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/22/bye-bye-energy-hog-electronics-in-2017-epfl-suggests/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:09:05 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63810 GenevaLunch.com Tunnel-FET technology set to take over from field effect Tactile screens also on the way LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Computers, cell phones and other electronic devices could be using 100 times less energy starting in just six years, an EPFL researcher in Lausanne writes in a special issue of Nature devoted to transistors, published Tuesday 22 [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/22/bye-bye-energy-hog-electronics-in-2017-epfl-suggests/feed/ 0 Peugeot-Citroen boosts growing EPFL-big industry ties http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/03/peugeot-citroen-boosts-growing-epfl-big-industry-ties/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/03/peugeot-citroen-boosts-growing-epfl-big-industry-ties/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:25:47 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63198 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Peugeot-Citroën Thursday became the 11th major firm to join the Innovation Square on the EPFL campus, the first company from the car industry to bring in a large research and development budget, according to the universiy. The square opened in August 2010. The group said in a press release 3 November that [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/03/peugeot-citroen-boosts-growing-epfl-big-industry-ties/feed/ 2 New tool tracks heart rate in real time http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/20/new-tool-tracks-heart-rate-in-real-time/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/20/new-tool-tracks-heart-rate-in-real-time/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:07:00 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62651 GenevaLunch.com Wearing  your heart on your sleeve to take on a new meaning LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A tiny new device could soon provide real-time heart monitoring that might help prevent some of the 70-100,000 deaths annually from sudden onset heart attacks. The new tool has yet to be tested in real-life conditions, but cardiologists are enthusiastic [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/20/new-tool-tracks-heart-rate-in-real-time/feed/ 1 Swiss study: mother’s indirect exposure to BPA predisposes babies to cancer http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/epfl-mothers-indirect-exposure-to-bisphenol-a-predisposes-babies-to-cancer/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/epfl-mothers-indirect-exposure-to-bisphenol-a-predisposes-babies-to-cancer/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:20:33 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62356 GenevaLunch.com New research shows mothers, not just baby bottles, transmit BPA, source of mammary gland changes LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Researchers at the EPFL have shown through experiments with mice that indirect exposure by pregnant women and nursing mothers to Bisphenol A, also known as BPA, most likely predisposes infants to breast cancer by modifying their mammary [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/epfl-mothers-indirect-exposure-to-bisphenol-a-predisposes-babies-to-cancer/feed/ 2 QS’s new world uni rankings show EPFL slipping and ETH Zurich steady http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/07/qss-new-world-uni-rankings-show-epfl-slipping-and-eth-zurich-steady/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/07/qss-new-world-uni-rankings-show-epfl-slipping-and-eth-zurich-steady/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 08:22:04 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61287 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The QS World University Rankings 2011-2012, published independently since 2010 and considered one of the main global education ranking systems, show EPFL in Lausanne slipping from slot no. 32 to 35, but ETHZ in Zurich holding its no. 18 place, just behind McGill in Canada and ahead of Duke in the US. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/07/qss-new-world-uni-rankings-show-epfl-slipping-and-eth-zurich-steady/feed/ 0 EPFL, Aimago win CTI Medtech award for dermal blood flow camera http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/24/epfl-aimago-win-cti-medtech-award-for-dermal-blood-flow-camera/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/24/epfl-aimago-win-cti-medtech-award-for-dermal-blood-flow-camera/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:19:17 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60953 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The EPFL polytechnic institute in Lausanne and Aimago, a spinoff startup company, have been awarded CHF10,000 and given the top prize of the CTI (federal innovation and technology commission) Medtech Award. Aimago, which makes microcirculation cameras, has developed a camera that measures dermal blood flow. Its main application is likely to be [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/24/epfl-aimago-win-cti-medtech-award-for-dermal-blood-flow-camera/feed/ 0 EPFL’s unveils St Prex Classics moon and dome festival arena, “Ao” http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/16/epfls-unveils-st-prex-classics-moon-and-dome-festival-arena-ao/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/16/epfls-unveils-st-prex-classics-moon-and-dome-festival-arena-ao/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:37:58 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60691 GenevaLunch.com Helium hemisphere could change the face of festivals, other events LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – EPFL and the St Prex Classics Festival have created what promises to be the region’s most talked-about architectural project since the Rolex Learning Center at the polytechnic institute, although far smaller, less expensive and mobile. The two teamed up to solve the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/16/epfls-unveils-st-prex-classics-moon-and-dome-festival-arena-ao/feed/ 0 Swiss business news highlights 20 July: pharma, oil spill, media http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/20/swiss-business-news-highlights-20-july-pharma-oil-spill-media/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/20/swiss-business-news-highlights-20-july-pharma-oil-spill-media/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:48:49 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59998 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – GenevaLunch is on a slow-news holiday schedule for the next two weeks, but to make sure you don’t miss key reports we’re bringing you highlights from some of the news beats, with links to original sources: EPFL plays key role in understanding Deepwater Horizon oil spill EPFL is playing a key role [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/20/swiss-business-news-highlights-20-july-pharma-oil-spill-media/feed/ 0 Kudelski/Securitas spinoff bought by US company http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/20/kudelskisecuritas-spinoff-bought-by-us-company/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/20/kudelskisecuritas-spinoff-bought-by-us-company/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:29:26 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59993 GenevaLunch.com SION, SWITZERLAND – Polyright SA, a Sion-based company jointly owned by Securitas and Kudelski in Lausanne, has been sold to US firm Identive Group. Polyright provides identity management solutions for the higher education and healthcare markets and is a leading Swiss provider of identity management platforms with open-ended rights and services management. The agreement was [...]

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