31.10.19 – EPFL researchers, with colleagues at the University of Cambridge and IBM Research–Zurich, unravel novel dynamics in the interaction between light and mechanical motion with significant implications for quantum measurements designed to evade the influence of the detector in … Continue reading →
30.10.19 – The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), is a US-led project that will measure the accelerated expansion of the Universe in order to reveal the nature of dark energy. The DESI project, which has received significant contributions from EPFL’s … Continue reading →
29.10.19 – Professor Victor Panaretos, an EPFL faculty member since 2007, has been named this year’s best teacher in mathematics. Upon hearing that he won his section’s best teacher award, Panaretos was happy but a little skeptical. He jokes by … Continue reading →
18.10.19 – The Teaching excellence award 2019 goes to Prof. Clémence Corminboeuf. This year, the Excellence in Teaching Award was presented to Prof. Clémence Corminboeuf, who is very active in science promotion activities for girls.
Continue reading →17.10.19 – The Lifetime recognition award on Electrochemical Engineering The Lifetime Recognition Award is given to a person belonging to one of the EFCE (European Federation of Chemical Engineering) member countries, in recognition for a life devoted to electrochemical engineering. … Continue reading →
10.10.19 – Three PhD students from the SPC were honoured at the annual conference of the Plasma Division of the European Physical Society. M. Wensing received one of the best PhD student poster awards, A. Iantchenko was recommended for the … Continue reading →
09.10.19 – Edoardo Baldini, a former PhD student in the labs of Majed Chergui and Fabrizio Carbone, has won the 2019 Carl E. Anderson Division of Laser Science Dissertation Award from the American Physical Society. Given by the American Physical … Continue reading →
08.10.19 – EPFL physicists have for the first time successfully observed a single quantum of vibrational energy at ambient conditions, involving the oscillation of more than 100 billion atoms. The work opens up new possibilities for the study of quantum … Continue reading →
07.10.19 – Michael Grätzel and Paul Dyson present the prizes at the closing ceremony of the 5th International Conference on Perovskite Solar Cells and Optoelectronics hosted by Prof. Md. K. Nazeeruddin. .
Continue reading →07.10.19 – Depolymerizing biomass using protection group chemistry “For his discovery of the acetal functionalization of lignin and carbohydrates, which prevent degradation reactions during the extraction of these fractions from plant matter. Acetal formation notably enables the isolation of lignin, … Continue reading →