nn n 29.11.24 – EPFL Professor Jeremy Luterbacher has been honored with the 2025 Green & Sustainable Chemistry Award by the Swiss Chemical Society for his groundbreaking work on depolymerizing lignin from biomass.n The Green & Sustainable Chemistry Award, established … Continue reading →
nn n 25.11.24 – Professor Michael Grätzel at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences has been the prestigious Honorary Medal De scientia et humanitate optime meritis by the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS). This medal recognizes outstanding contributions to science and … Continue reading →
nn n 21.11.24 – Jérôme Waser has been named best teacher in the chemistry and chemical engineering section at EPFL for 2024. Originally inspired to study chemistry by a chaotic teacher, he now draws inspiration from the creativity of his … Continue reading →
nn n 18.11.24 – Manuel Rudolph (Prof. Zoë Holmes’ lab), is honored to be the first EPFL Physics PhD student to receive the prestigious Google PhD Fellowship in quantum computing. This year, the award was granted to three candidates, a … Continue reading →
nn n 30.10.24 – EPFL chemical engineers have developed a way to build metal clusters – with near atomic precision – in a method that has the potential to improve catalysts and accelerate chemical reactions including turning carbon dioxide into high … Continue reading →
nn n 22.10.24 – Mr. Anthonin Gavillet and Mr. Julien Verdet, both polymechanic apprentices in the IPHYS mechanical workshop, have won prizes in the Fraisa ToolChampions 2023/2024 competition.n The polymechanic apprentices being trained in the IPHYS mechanical workshop have once … Continue reading →
nn n 18.10.24 – Predicting the behavior of many interacting quantum particles is a complicated process but is key to harness quantum computing for real-world applications. A collaboration of researchers led by EPFL has developed a method for comparing quantum … Continue reading →
nn n 17.10.24 – In a new initiative, Zurich Instruments has teamed up with EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Withwave, and Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) to enhance the performance and market-readiness of quantum limited amplification technology. The … Continue reading →
nn n 11.10.24 – Professor Michael Grätzel at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.n One of the most important researchers in chemistry of our time, Professor Michael … Continue reading →
nn n 09.10.24 – The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton for the invention of artificial neural networks which lie at the heart of machine learning and artificial intelligence. Among the many … Continue reading →