19.10.18 – Using silicon nitride microphotonic chips, EPFL scientists are now able to generate coherent ultrashort pulses with less than 10 milliwatt optical power, paving the way for compact and portable chip-based photonic devices for timing, metrology and spectroscopy. Ultrashort … Continue reading →
12.10.18 – A new study shows that the phase transitions of the exotic material molybdenum ditelluride – a candidate for future electronics – are more complex than previously thought. First-order phase transitions, wherein an amount of heat is lost or … Continue reading →
10.10.18 – Understanding and discovering materials in silico “For his computer-based search for low-dimensional materials with novel electronic and transport properties. He has predicted a novel topological insulator phase in quasi-one-dimensional bismuth iodide, and a robust Weyl semimetal phase in … Continue reading →
09.10.18 – EPFL chemists have demonstrated complete experimental control over a chemical reaction just above absolute zero. It is an understatement to say that chemical reactions take place everywhere and constantly. In both nature and the lab, chemistry is ubiquitous. … Continue reading →
08.10.18 – EPFL astrophysicists actively participated in the discovery of a very rare star, which is particularly old and metal-poor. As a messenger from the distant past, it will allow the scientists to learn more about the young Universe, right … Continue reading →
05.10.18 – Simone Deparis, an EPFL senior scientist and teacher in the mathematics section, has been awarded the 2018 Credit Suisse Award for Best Teaching. He introduced a flipped classroom approach in his first-year linear algebra class this past year, … Continue reading →
01.10.18 – Researchers at EPFL have found a way to implement an optical sensing system by using spatial multiplexing, a technique originally developed in optical-fiber communication. The method, which produces three independent streams of ultrashort optical pulses using a single … Continue reading →