19.06.19 – Physicist Benoît Deveaud, Professor emeritus with EPFL’s Institute of Physics, has been awarded 2019 Charpak-Ritz Prize from the Swiss and French Physical Societies. The Swiss Physical Society (SPS) exists to “provide all those interested in physics with access … Continue reading →
17.06.19 – EPFL scientists have discovered a new type of 2D magnetic material that can be integrated into spintronic devices. We are all familiar with the image of electrons zipping around an atom’s nucleus and forming chemical bonds in molecules … Continue reading →
17.06.19 – EPFL’s Laboratory for Ultrafast Microscopy and Electron Scattering has received a grant from Google to use shaped electron beams in the cutting-edge field of Nuclear Excitation by Electron Capture (NEEC). Dr Fabrizio Carbone’s Laboratory for Ultrafast Microscopy and … Continue reading →
14.06.19 – Chemists at EPFL have developed an efficient process for converting carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide, a key ingredient of synthetic fuels and materials. The carbon dioxide (CO2) produced when fossil fuels are burned is normally released into the … Continue reading →
13.06.19 – The International Atomic Energy Agency has designated EPFL as one of its worldwide Collaborating Centers. On 12 June 2019, EPFL was officially designated as a Collaborating Centre of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in the fields of … Continue reading →
11.06.19 – Shang-Jung Wu publishes the article “Analytical Approaches for Monitoring DNA–Protein Interactions” in the journal Chimia. DNA–protein interactions play a critical role in cellular regulation. We herein review existing analytical methods for investigating these interactions, highlighting methods such as … Continue reading →
03.06.19 – Researchers at EPFL have developed a machine that turns seawater into drinking water in a more environmentally friendly and economical way than existing systems. A spin-off, Aqualife Global, has now been set up to develop and commercialize the … Continue reading →
24.05.19 – Professor Lesya Shchutska has been awarded a Young Experimental Physicist Prize from the European Physical Society. The European Physical Society (EPS) is a not-for-profit association whose members include 42 National Physical Societies in Europe, individuals from all fields … Continue reading →
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 →