10.10.17 – The ETH Board has announced the appointment of four new professors at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences (SB). Emmanuel Abbe: Full Professor of Mathematics (75% SB and 25% IC). Emmanuel Abbe is regarded as one of the world’s … Continue reading →
10.10.17 – Tobias Kippenberg has been elected into the 2018 class of Fellows of The Optical Society (OSA). The Optical Society was founded in 1916 as the Optical Society of America (OSA) with the purpose of advancing the study of … Continue reading →
06.10.17 – Professor Michael Grätzel has been named Doctor honoris causa of the École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay. The École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay (formerly ENS Cachan) is one of the most prestigious Grand Écoles of France. Founded in 1892, it regularly … Continue reading →
04.10.17 – Scientists at EPFL have studied the complex instabilities of optical solitons in micro-resonators, showing similarities with a variety of dynamical systems. In optics, a dissipative soliton consists of a light pulse that travels without deformation. This results from … Continue reading →
03.10.17 – Professor Maryna Viazovska has been awarded the 2017 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize from the Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy (India). The SASTRA Ramanujan Prize was founded in 2005 by the Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy … Continue reading →
02.10.17 – EPFL scientists have greatly improved the operational stability of perovskite solar cells by introducing cuprous thiocyanate protected by a thin layer of reduced graphene oxide. Devices lost less than 5% performance when subjected to a crucial accelerated aging test … Continue reading →