22.05.19 – Cancerous tumors can be made to bioluminesce, like fireflies, according to the level of their glucose uptake, giving rise to a technique for quantifying metabolite absorption. The firefly imaging technique for sugar can be translated from cancer to … Continue reading →
21.05.19 – EPFL chemists have synthesized the first ever functional non-native metal hydrogenase. Hydrogenases are enzymes that catalyze hydrogen activation. There are three types of hydrogenases in nature, all containing iron and some of them nickel. But in synthetic chemistry … Continue reading →
17.05.19 – Boost your career with a research stay abroad. Invite young talents from partner countries in Switzerland. The Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) has commissioned ZHAW, HES-SO, ETHZ, UNISG, UNIBAS and UNIGE as Leading Houses … Continue reading →
17.05.19 – His novel work on postsynthetic rapid heat treatment (RHT) which drastically improves the carbon capture performance of the ZIF‐8 membrane has been published in Advanced Materials! The lattice flexibility of the MOF frameworks is a bottleneck for separation … Continue reading →
16.05.19 – Tuesday, June 18th 2019 12.00 – 14.30 CE 1 104 The Research Office is pleased to invite you to the upcoming information session: Funding for science communication. When? Tuesday, June 18th 2019 Time? 12.00 – 14.30 Venue? CE … Continue reading →
16.05.19 – Do you have questions regarding the right choice of gloves that will protect you against the chemicals you manipulate? Would you like to learn more about how to take care of your hand’s skin in order to prevent … Continue reading →
16.05.19 – EPFL chemical engineers have designed an easy method to achieve commercially attractive carbon-capturing with metal-organic frameworks. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are versatile compounds hosting nano-sized pores in their crystal structure. Because of their nanopores, MOFs are now used in … Continue reading →
13.05.19 – The work of Luca, in collaboration with the team of Prof. Léo Bühler at HUG, has been accepted in ACS Applied Polymer Materials. DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.9b00139. Cross-reactive PEGylated alginate derivatives produce hydrogel microspheres which present excellent mechanical properties and … Continue reading →
10.05.19 – EPFL researchers have discovered that cancer cells use exosomes to communicate with each other and send information through the bloodstream. This breakthrough opens up new possibilities for the use of cancer immunotherapy techniques. “It was a huge surprise, … Continue reading →
07.05.19 – Professor Xile Hu has been named winner of the prestigious Homogeneous Catalysis Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry. Professor Hu, of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, has won the award for original contributions to base metal … Continue reading →