03.04.19 – Professor Tobias J. Kippenberg has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant for the study of “Extremely Coherent Mechanical Oscillators and circuit Cavity Electro-Optics” The quest for mechanical oscillators with ultralow dissipation is motivated by classical and quantum sensing … Continue reading →
26.03.19 – Chemical engineers at EPFL have developed an online tool that can accurately assign genes and proteins to unknown “orphan” reactions, which are a major headache for biotechnology, drug development, and even medicine. Effective protein engineering can give us … Continue reading →
25.03.19 – Physicists at EPFL propose a new “quantum simulator”: a laser-based device that can be used to study a wide range of quantum systems. Studying it, the researchers have found that photons can behave like magnetic dipoles at temperatures … Continue reading →
04.03.19 – Directed evolution is a powerful technique for engineering proteins. EPFL scientists now show that it can also be used to engineer synthetic nanoparticles as optical biosensors, which are used widely in biology, drug development, and even medical diagnostics … Continue reading →
27.02.19 – EPFL chemists have developed a new iron-nickel oxide catalyst for water splitting, the reaction that produces hydrogen fuel. The patent-pending catalyst shows significantly higher activity in the oxygen-evolution part of reaction than conventional nickel iron oxide catalysts. The … Continue reading →
18.02.19 – EPFL chemists have developed a light-based method for cheap and simple production of chemical molecules used in drug discovery, such as muscle relaxants and antimicrobials. Photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells are widely studied for the conversion of solar energy into … Continue reading →
12.02.19 – Seeking to address fluoride contamination in drinking water, chemical engineers at EPFL have developed a portable and user-friendly device that can measure fluoride concentration accurately and reliably. Adding fluoride to water has been common practice in a number … Continue reading →
11.02.19 – Scientists from EPFL and the Russian Quantum Center have built a photonic integrated, compact, and portable soliton microcomb source. The device is less than 1 cm3 in size, and is driven by an on-chip indium phosphide laser consuming … Continue reading →
01.02.19 – When researchers make a new discovery, they tend to only publish the results of their successful experiments. But just as informative are all the experiments that didn’t work – the failed trials and incorrect hypotheses, which can offer … Continue reading →
10.01.19 – Distinguishing between left-handed and right-handed (“chiral”) molecules is crucial in chemistry and the life sciences, and is commonly done using a method called circular dichroism. However, during biochemical reactions the chiral character of molecules may change. EPFL scientists … Continue reading →