08.04.19 – Chemical engineers at EPFL have synthesized a biologically-derived metal-organic framework on which the hydrogen bonding that forms the DNA double helix can be mimicked and studied like never before. The field of materials science has become abuzz with … Continue reading →
05.04.19 – EPFL scientists reveal the origin of apparently high and even negative capacitance values observed in perovskite solar cells. On the verge of outcompeting current thin-film solar cells, perovskite solar cells seem to embody an ideal solar cell: highly … Continue reading →
05.04.19 – EPFL scientists reveal the origin of apparently high and even negative capacitance values observed in perovskite solar cells. On the verge of outcompeting current thin-film solar cells, perovskite solar cells seem to embody an ideal solar cell: highly … Continue reading →
03.04.19 – Professor Tobias J. Kippenberg has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant for the study of “Extremely Coherent Mechanical Oscillators and circuit Cavity Electro-Optics” The quest for mechanical oscillators with ultralow dissipation is motivated by classical and quantum sensing … Continue reading →
01.04.19 – Les professeurs Pierre Gönczy, Douglas Hanahan (Faculté des sciences de la vie) et Tobias J. Kippenberg (Faculté des sciences de Base et Faculté sciences et techniques de l’ingénieur) ont reçu des Advanced Grants du Conseil européen de la … Continue reading →
26.03.19 – Chemical engineers at EPFL have developed an online tool that can accurately assign genes and proteins to unknown “orphan” reactions, which are a major headache for biotechnology, drug development, and even medicine. Effective protein engineering can give us … Continue reading →
25.03.19 – Physicists at EPFL propose a new “quantum simulator”: a laser-based device that can be used to study a wide range of quantum systems. Studying it, the researchers have found that photons can behave like magnetic dipoles at temperatures … Continue reading →
04.03.19 – Directed evolution is a powerful technique for engineering proteins. EPFL scientists now show that it can also be used to engineer synthetic nanoparticles as optical biosensors, which are used widely in biology, drug development, and even medical diagnostics … Continue reading →
27.02.19 – EPFL chemists have developed a new iron-nickel oxide catalyst for water splitting, the reaction that produces hydrogen fuel. The patent-pending catalyst shows significantly higher activity in the oxygen-evolution part of reaction than conventional nickel iron oxide catalysts. The … Continue reading →
18.02.19 – EPFL chemists have developed a light-based method for cheap and simple production of chemical molecules used in drug discovery, such as muscle relaxants and antimicrobials. Photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells are widely studied for the conversion of solar energy into … Continue reading →