30.08.18 – Professor Michael Grätzel has been awarded the August Wilhelm von Hofmann Memorial Medal from the German Chemical Society. The German Chemical Society (Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker or GDCh) is a learned society and professional association. It was founded in … Continue reading →
13.08.18 – Scientists from EPFL and Berkeley have developed a computational method for designing a new type of two-dimensional carbon materials called Schwarzites. Image: Schwarzite generated by computationally-templating the zeolite FAU. Black spheres are deposited carbon atoms, yellow ribbons are … Continue reading →
13.08.18 – Summer series. Student project (7/9) – A chemical engineering student at EPFL has developed a model to simulate the metabolism of the malaria parasite in its dormant state, when drugs have no effect on it. This model could … Continue reading →
10.08.18 – When a metal surface catalyzes a chemical process, the surface atoms aren’t all the same. EPFL scientists have bridged the gap between lab and plant by studying methane dissociation on the (211) crystal face of platinum. Image: The … Continue reading →
08.08.18 – Professor Maryna Viazovska is one of the invited speakers at the 2018 International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM), which is hosted in Rio de Janeiro. She gave a talk about her research on sharp sphere packings. The International Congress … Continue reading →
08.08.18 – An extension to the breakthrough “tilt-less” 3D electron imaging technique, developed by EPFL researchers, has won a Microscopy Today Innovation Award. Microscopy Today is the official, bimonthly magazine of the Microscopy Society of America (MSA), published since 1992. … Continue reading →
07.08.18 – Sulianna Manley has been awarded a Medal for Innovation in Light Microscopy by the Royal Microscopy Society. The Royal Microscopy Society is a UK-based organization whose purpose is to “to promote the advancement of microscopical science by such … Continue reading →
31.07.18 – Scientists from EPFL, Germany and France have revealed a new property of the cheap and abundant material anatase titanium dioxide, which promises applications as a medium for room-temperature nanosensors of mechanical stress with an optical read-out. Measuring mechanical … Continue reading →
25.07.18 – Using a computer simulation of an important receptor, EPFL scientists have discovered a novel binding site for natural ligands and drugs. The new site might be present on other receptors and can be exploited in novel treatments for … Continue reading →
24.07.18 – EPFL scientists have developed new nanotube biosensors using synthetic biology, which improves their sensing capabilities in complex biofluids, such as blood and urine. The study is published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. Biosensors are devices that … Continue reading →