10.03.20 – What do you get when you place a thin film of perovkite material used in solar cells on top of a magnetic substrate? More efficient hard drive technology. EPFL physicist László Forró and his team pave the way … Continue reading →
09.03.20 – At its meeting of 4-5 March 2020, the ETH Board has named Prof. Christian Rüegg as Full Professor at the School of Basic Sciences (SB) Professor Christian Rüegg, currently Adjunct Professor at the University of Geneva and Member of the Board … Continue reading →
06.03.20 – At its meeting of 4-5 March 2020, the ETH Board has named Dr. Pasquale Scarlino as Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at the School of Basic Sciences (SB) Dr Pasquale Scarlino was named as Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Physics from the … Continue reading →
24.02.20 – Between the 14th and 16th of February, the traditional training camp of the Physics Olympiad took place at the EPFL. While the latter was getting prepared for a festive weekend, twenty-two participants from every corner of Switzerland converged … Continue reading →
19.02.20 – NCCR MARVEL and SB-IPHYS researchers at EPFL’s Chair of Computational Condensed Matter Physics (C3MP) and colleagues from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed an artificial neural network (ANN) model that may serve as a basis for solving … Continue reading →
12.02.20 – Physicists from Switzerland and Germany have unveiled fingerprints of the long-sought particle known as Mahan exciton in the room temperature optical response of the popular methylammonium lead halide perovskites. The optical properties of semiconductors are governed by the … Continue reading →
28.01.20 – A research group lead by prof. Wendy Queen designed new sponge materials with microscopic holes that can selectively extract and concentrate gold from a variety of the world’s most complex liquid mixtures. A recordbreaking gold-extraction rate of one gram of high purity gold per … Continue reading →
16.01.20 – Solar-to-fuel conversion offers a promising technology to solve energy problems, yet device performance could be limited by undesired sunlight absorption. Researchers show copper thiocyanate can assist hole transport in oxide photoelectrodes and enable a 4.55% solar-to-hydrogen efficiency in … Continue reading →
15.01.20 – Scientists at EPFL have developed an algorithm that can model biochemical reactions from metabolism down to RNA synthesis with unprecedented accuracy. All living things are made of carbon, and sugars, e.g. glucose, are a very common source of … Continue reading →
08.01.20 – New measurements using gravitational lensing, an innovative method that EPFL researchers have been working on for many years, suggest the universe is expanding faster than previously thought. A team of astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have announced … Continue reading →