Personalised Health
“Good mental health boosts your performance”
Teaching
EPFL
EPFL’s first Mental Health Week will take place on campus from 21 to 25 November. We spoke to Kathryn Hess Bellwald, who heads the Task Force Mental Health & Well-Being, about this initiative and the strategy behind it.
Finding inspiration in starfish larva
Research
ETH Zurich
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a tiny robot that mimics the movement of a starfish larva. It is driven by sound waves and equipped with tiny hairs that direct the fluid around it, just like its natural model. In the future, such microswimmers could deliver drugs to diseased cells with pinpoint accuracy.
How healthy is your digital twin?
Research
EPFL
Digital twins – a savvy combination of artificial intelligence and personal data – have already begun to revolutionize the way healthcare is provided. But they raise a lot of ethical and legal questions, especially given the vast amounts of medical data that must be collected to train artificial intelligence algorithms. So should we be worried about the eventuality of a digital clone? We spoke with experts from a variety of fields to find out.
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