12.06.17 – EPFL mathematician Alfio Quarteroni and his team are building a virtual heart model based on personalized medical images that may one day help cardiologists and cardiac surgeons non-invasively diagnose pathological heart conditions. The team recently modeled and simulated … Continue reading →
08.06.17 – Researchers from EPFL and KIT use a soliton frequency combs from optical microresonators to transmit data at speeds of more than 50 terabits per second. Optical solitons are special wave packages that propagate without changing their shape. They … Continue reading →
06.06.17 – Nicolas Grandjean received the Quantum Devices Award for “fundamental contributions to the physics and technology of III-nitride quantum structures” during the Compound Semiconductor Week 2017 organized in Berlin. The Award, attributed every year, honors pioneering contributions to the … Continue reading →
05.06.17 – EPFL scientists have built the first Earth-abundant and low-cost catalytic system for splitting CO2 into CO and oxygen, an important step towards achieving the conversion of renewable energy into hydrocarbon fuels. A promising avenue for the future of … Continue reading →
01.06.17 – EPFL scientists have built a low-cost and ultra-stable perovskite solar cell that has been running at 11.2% efficiency for over a year, without loss in performance. Perovskite solar cells promise cheaper and efficient solar energy, with enormous potential … Continue reading →
31.05.17 – The Lions Club La Côte has funded EPFL’s Laboratory of Organometallic and Medicinal Chemistry to research safer treatment of children retinoblastoma. The Lions Club La Côte is part of Lions Club International, the world’s largest association of philanthropic … Continue reading →
29.05.17 – EPFL scientists have built a new type of inorganic nanocomposite that makes perovskite quantum dot exceptionally stable against air exposure, sunlight, heat, and water. Quantum dots are nanometer-size, semiconducting materials whose tiny size gives them unique optical properties. … Continue reading →
23.05.17 – EPFL scientists have developed a mathematical “face-recognition” method for identifying and discovering nanoporous materials based on their pore size. Image: Topological differences of top-performing materials for methane storage. Topological data analysis reveals the similarity between structures; each node represents a family of … Continue reading →
22.05.17 – Astronomers of the extended Baryonic Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey, led by EPFL Professor Jean-Paul Kneib, used the Sloan telescope to create the first map of the Universe based entirely on quasars. Quasars are incredibly bright and distant points of … Continue reading →
16.05.17 – A team of EPFL scientists has developed several antibody-based biosensors that have the potential to help healthcare centers in developing countries or even patients in their own homes keep track of drug concentration in the blood. Being able to monitor … Continue reading →