2026-10-11 · Advanced MaterialsEPFL celebrates its 1,565 Master's graduates of 2026
EPFL held its traditional Master's graduation ceremony on Saturday, 3 October 2026.
Source: Archive · 2026-10-04 · EPFL Research News ↗HERALD section
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2026-09-30 · Advanced MaterialsMIT spinout turns plastic waste into resilient building materials
MIT spinout Atlas Building Composites commercializes research to convert plastic waste into resilient building materials.
Source: Archive · 2026-09-16 · MIT News Robotics ↗
2026-09-28 · Advanced MaterialsBackground (2026-05-21): Fincantieri and Teijin automotive technologies sign agreement to develop advanced composite bulkheads for maritime vessels
Fincantieri and Teijin automotive technologies signed an agreement to develop advanced composite bulkheads for maritime vessels, originally published 2026-05-21.
Source: Background · 2026-05-21 · Aeronautical Service ↗
2026-09-25 · Advanced MaterialsHidden microplastic pollution in Swiss waters uncovered
EPFL research reveals microplastics in Lake Geneva and surrounding waterways are far more abundant than previously thought.
Source: Archive · 2026-09-15 · EPFL Research News ↗
2026-09-20 · Advanced MaterialsEPFL uses graphene to measure fractional electric charges
The research concerns quasiparticles whose effective charge is a fraction of the electron's charge, not fragments of an electron.
Source: Archive · 2026-09-08 · EPFL Research News ↗
2026-09-07 · Advanced MaterialsMIT links biological mechanisms to adaptive material design
MIT researchers describe a mathematical framework connecting biological mechanisms across scales to manufacturable adaptive structures.
Source: MIT News — Materials Science ↗
2026-09-06 · Advanced MaterialsIBM Completes Acquisition of HRL Laboratories to Accelerate the Future of Quantum
The combination brings together complementary expertise in quantum computing, sensing, materials science, and advanced technologies to accelerate future innovation
Source: IBM Newsroom ↗
2026-08-28 · Advanced MaterialsNVIDIA Extends Vera Rubin Inference Platform with Agentic System Optimizations
NVIDIA Vera Rubin rack-scale system announced with fast token generation for agentic systems, extending inference capabilities.
Source: NVIDIA Blog ↗
2026-08-28 · Advanced MaterialsIntel Unveils Three Architectures for Agentic AI and Enterprise Workloads at Hot Chips 2026
Diamond Rapids processor, Crescent Island GPU, and Wildcat Lake SoC presented for high-performance orchestration, efficient inference, and intelligent client and edge computing.
Source: Intel Newsroom ↗
2026-08-28 · Advanced MaterialsOpenAI unveils Jalapeño inference chip with industry-leading speed and efficiency
Custom silicon delivers faster, more power-efficient AI inference with higher throughput and lower latency for modern models.
Source: OpenAI News ↗Up to 30x More Work Per Watt: NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 Sets a New Efficiency Standard for AI Agents
According to OpenRouter data, agentic AI workloads consume 15x more tokens than a simple chat request. Why? Consider what happens when an AI agent researches a company for an investment decision. The agent queries financial databases, searches news and filings, invokes a sub-agent to run peer comparisons and model valu
Source: NVIDIA Blog ↗