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Illustration of an electric eel, created using AI.

What can batteries of the future learn from eels?

Electric eels are pretty amazing creatures. Their bodies can release powerful electric charges – in some cases reaching 650…

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Yujia Zhang

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Yujia Zhang is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Microengineering at the Institute of Electrical and Microengineering at EPFL.…

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I got interested in cooling because when looking to get back into research (I was working in industry for…

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Sofia della Sala aboard a research vessel just off the coast of Santorini, wearing an orange hardhat labelled 'Sofia' and a yellow high visibility coat.

Life in the Field: Exploring the Seafloor

Hydrothermal systems, where water is heated by magma beneath the Earth’s crust, are much like the little sisters of…

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Four colleagues working in an office on their laptops. The main figure is a smartly-dressed young woman wearing headphones and typing on her laptop.

How can I use AI to raise my salary?

How much more money could you earn – doing the exact same role – if you’re in possession of…

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Saturn's moon, Enceladus, cropped. NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this view as it neared icy Enceladus for its closest-ever dive past the moon's active south polar region. Credit: NASA; JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Could stuff be living on Saturn’s moon?

Are we alone in the Universe? It’s surely one of the biggest questions out there. In our first episode…

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Rebecca, a volunteer participant in the malaria 'challenge' study run by the Draper Lab at the University of Oxford.

The Malaria Challenge: a participant’s experience through a malaria ‘challenge’ study

Malaria impacts millions of people worldwide, with approximately 240 million cases and over 600,000 deaths each year. So what…

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Jennifer van Heerden

I am a doctor and researcher at Oxford University, in the Malaria Vaccine Programme at the Draper Lab and…

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What can batteries of the future learn from eels?

Yujia Zhang

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Nicole Miranda

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What can batteries of the future learn from eels?

Yujia Zhang

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Nicole Miranda

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