22.02.18 – EPFL chemists have developed a new catalytic method for symmetry breaking. Published in Angewandte Chemie, the method can help synthesize important building blocks for bioactive compounds such as anticancer drugs. Many chemical molecules can exist in nature together … Continue reading →
15.02.18 – Professor Tobias J. Kippenberg is one of the two winners of the prestigious ZEISS Research Award for 2018.The ZEISS Research Award is presented every two years and has been allocated prize money totaling 40,000 euros. The selected candidates should have already … Continue reading →
13.02.18 – The 45-year-old Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope, is temporarily closing for the installation of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), which will allow it to build the largest 3D map of the universe, which could help to solve the mystery of how dark … Continue reading →
08.02.18 – EPFL chemists have developed a novel and efficient method to make amines, which are among the most important structural compounds in pharmaceuticals and organic materials. The study is published in Nature Catalysis. Amines are molecules that contain a … Continue reading →
05.02.18 – Majed Chergui has been elected Foreign Member of the Royal Spanish Academy of Sciences (Real Academia de Ciencias). The Royal Spanish Academy of Sciences was founded in the 16th century, and currently counts 54 Full Members, 90 National Correspondents, and … Continue reading →
05.02.18 – EPFL scientists have shown that after electron delivery to the famous titanium dioxide material, the excess energy is lost to heat at extremely short time scales. The study is published in ACS Photonics. Transition metal oxides such as … Continue reading →
05.02.18 – EPFL scientists systematically study the path of the sequential deposition reaction used to build perovskite solar panels. The study is published in Science Advances and offers much-needed, fundamental understanding of perovskite formation and its different stages. Image: Scanning electron … Continue reading →
02.02.18 – EPFL scientists, working in association with Valais Hospital in Sion and Fudan University in Shanghai, have developed a method for analyzing bacteria that – for the first time ever – lets doctors quickly see exactly which proteins are … Continue reading →
02.02.18 – Scientists as EPFL, PSI and the Argonne National Laboratory have implemented a novel way of detecting positive charges (holes) and their trapping in solar materials. The work is published in Nature Communications. Transition metal oxides such as zinc … Continue reading →
01.02.18 – EPFL scientists have developed a novel method to study methane/surface scattering in unprecedented detail, elucidating important aspects of natural gas catalysis for clean energy. The study is published in Physical Review Letters. When molecules interact with solid surfaces, … Continue reading →
