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FINA rules on swimsuits for worlds

from ESPN, August 1, 2009
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Out-of-body experiences help bring avatars to life

from New Scientist, August 7, 2009
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University builds first all-Swiss satellite, chooses Isro for launch

the Business Standard, August 28, 2009
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Ramping up solar cell production

July 7: EPFL’s Thin-Film Photovoltaics Laboratory will work with Brightview Systems, a company that develops tools to optimize solar cell production processes, streamlining research with production to build more efficient solar panels and cut costs at the same time.
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Are seeing and feeling really believing?

August 5: EPFL Professor Olaf Blanke’s team has extended its research into our perception of bodily self-consciousness, publishing an article showing that sensations of touch can be felt and mis-localised to another, "virtual" body.
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Alinghi 5 unfurls its sails

July 23: Team Alinghi presented its newest masterpiece to the media, an enormous catamaran that will sail in the America’s Cup. EPFL will participate for the third consecutive time as scientific advisor to the Swiss defender in an exemplary multidisciplinary partnership.
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EPFL professor to lead World Energy Council

August 11: Christoph Frei, EPFL professor of energy systems management, has been appointed as Secretary General of the World Energy Council, an non-governmental alliance of over 90 countries that provides information and resources on all aspects of energy.
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