06.12.18 – Professors Clémence Corminboeuf, Christoph Galland, and Suliana Manley have been awarded Consolidator Grants from the European Research Council. The European Research Council’s (ERC) Consolidator Grants are given annually to researchers of any nationality with 7-12 years of research experience after completion of … Continue reading →
06.12.18 – The European Research Council (ERC) has given four scientists from the PSI, EPFL, ETH Zurich, and Stockholm University a €14 million grant to look “into the heart of materials” and uncover new quantum effects that have gone overlooked … Continue reading →
05.12.18 – Professor Annalisa Buffa has been elected correspondent member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Professor Annalisa Buffa has been elected correspondent member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. The Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, literally the “Academy of the … Continue reading →
04.12.18 – Professor Ursula Roethlisberger has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is “the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society”, publishing the Science family of … Continue reading →
03.12.18 – Professor Christian Theiler at the Swiss Plasma Center (EPFL) has been awarded an Eccellenza Grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation. The Swiss National Foundation’s Eccellenza Professorial Fellowships and SNSF Eccellenza Grants are given each year to “highly … Continue reading →
03.12.18 – Ten professors from EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences have been included in the Web of Science’s 2018 Highly Cited Researchers list. Since 2014, Clarivate Analytics, has produced an annual Highly Cited Researchers list of scientists whose publications the previous 10 years … Continue reading →
30.11.18 – Professor Christian Theiler at the Swiss Plasma Center (EPFL) has been awarded an “Enabling Research Grant” from the EUROfusion Consortium to lead a collaborative research project in the physics of tokamaks. The Enabling Research Grant is described as … Continue reading →
22.11.18 – Professor Jeremy Luterbacher has been awarded the Swiss Chemical Society’s Werner Prize for 2019. The Werner Prize is awarded annually to promising young Swiss scientists or scientists working in Switzerland under 40 to recognize “their outstanding research in … Continue reading →
12.11.18 – EPFL scientists have developed a uranium-based complex that allows nitrogen fixation reactions to take place in ambient conditions. The work lays the foundation to develop new processes for synthesizing nitrogen products like cyanamide. Abundant in nature (78% of … Continue reading →
08.11.18 – A material developed by EPFL scientists can rapidly extract trace amounts of gold from waste water, fresh water, ocean water, and even sewage sludge. Gold has been the basis of currency for many civilizations throughout history. Despite this, only … Continue reading →