20.07.17 – EPFL scientists have developed a uranium-based complex that can allow nitrogen fixation reactions to take place in ambient conditions. The work overcomes one of the biggest difficulties to building more efficient industrial-scale nitrogen products like ammonia. Nitrogen is … Continue reading →
19.07.17 – Prof. Jean-Paul Kneib, head of LASTRO (Laboratory of Astrophysics), was appointed Director of eSpace (EPFL Space Engineering Center) on July 1st, 2017. Jean-Paul Kneib holds a Master in Astrophysics and Space Technology and a PhD in Astrophysics. He has … Continue reading →
17.07.17 – Scientists from EPFL and PSI have shown experimentally, for the first time, a quantum phase transition in strontium copper borate, the only material to date that realizes a famous quantum many-body model. Many physical phenomena can be modeled with … Continue reading →
17.07.17 – EPFL scientists have developed a ligand molecule that connects peptide drugs to blood-serum albumin and keeps them from being cleared out by the kidneys too soon. The ligand is easy to synthesize and can extend the half-life of … Continue reading →
14.07.17 – EPFL Chemist Professor Xile Hu has won the “2017 Tajima Prize” from The International Society of Electrochemistry for his work in electrocatalysis. The Tajima Prize of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) is given annually to electrochemists under 40 years … Continue reading →
13.07.17 – Amita Ummadisingu, a PhD student with Michael Grätzel’s lab, was invited to attend this year’s Lindau meeting and present her work published in Nature. Each year, at Lindau (Germany) on the shores of Lake Constance, Nobel laureates and … Continue reading →
13.07.17 – Dr Michael Saliba has received the Science Award of the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety, and Energy Technology (UMSICHT) for his work on perovskite/silicon tandems. The Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety, and Energy Technology (UMSICHT) is part of the Fraunhofer … Continue reading →
07.07.17 – At its meeting of 5-6 July 2017, the ETH Board has awarded the title of adjunct professor to two researchers of the School of Basic Sciences (SB). Frédéric Courbin, currently Senior Scientist at EPFL, has been promoted to Adjunct Professor. Frédéric Courbin is an … Continue reading →
30.06.17 – A team of five EPFL Mathematics Master students has won first place in an international data-mining competition. The Data Mining Cup (DMC) is an international competition organized each year by prudsys AG, a leading data-mining company. The aim … Continue reading →
29.06.17 – The recent upgrade of the Thomson Scattering system provides greatly enhanced spatial and spectral resolution for the temperature and density profile measurements of TCV plasmas. The TCV tokamak was recently shut down to upgrade its Thomson Scattering (TS) diagnostic. Right after … Continue reading →