01.09.20 – The Institute of Mathematics (MATH) welcomes three new Tenure-Track Assistant Professors, Drs Nicolas Boumal, Marius Lemm, and Mats J. Stensrud. The three professors were formally appointed in December 2019 and May 2020 by the Board of the Swiss … Continue reading →
31.08.20 – Chemists and physicists from Switzerland and Germany have shown that the typical deformation of respiratory heme proteins also occurs in heme proteins not involved in the respiratory function. Image: A model of heme, which is an organic ring … Continue reading →
27.08.20 – Non-edible plants are a promising alternative to crude oil, but their heterogenous composition can be a challenge to producing high yields of useful products. Scientists from EPFL, the University of Cambridge, and the Bern University of Applied Sciences … Continue reading →
27.08.20 – An EPFL professor’s special issue of the Royal Society on Algorithms in Society is made freely accessible at the same time as a new algorithms and ethics controversy hits the UK. As the entire world is preoccupied with … Continue reading →
25.08.20 – Two international teams of scientists have been awarded a total of $10 million grant from the US National Science Foundation and the Simons Foundation to research the mathematics of deep learning. Among them is Professor Emmanuel Abbé at … Continue reading →
18.08.20 – Four scientists from EPFL’s Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering have won awards and honors from the American Chemical Society. The American Chemical Society (ACS) is one of the largest scientific societies in the world, numbering nearly 157,000 … Continue reading →
18.08.20 – Physicists from Switzerland, Japan and Germany have unveiled the mechanism by which the first event of respiration takes place in heme proteins. Respiration is a fundamental process of all living things, allowing them to produce energy, stay healthy, … Continue reading →
18.08.20 – The world’s largest nuclear fusion reactor ITER is now being assembled in the South of France. This major international scientific project is followed up at the EPFL Swiss Plasma Center, one of the world’s top research labs on … Continue reading →
10.08.20 – The mitochondria provide energy for our cells, yet their role in many diseases is still poorly understood. Thanks to a bioluminescent molecule, scientists at EPFL can observe them at work in living mammals Tiny factories float inside our … Continue reading →
07.08.20 – Filter “paper” made from titanium oxide nanowires is capable of trapping pathogens and destroying them with light. This discovery by an EPFL laboratory could be put to use in personal protective equipment, as well as in ventilation and … Continue reading →