09.02.22 – Record-breaking 59 megajoules of sustained fusion energy demonstrates potential of fusion at the world-leading Joint European Torus (JET) facility in Oxford, UK Record results announced today are the clearest demonstration in a quarter of a century of the … Continue reading →
24.01.22 – Zoë Holmes, a new professor at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences, is one of the two winners of the Sandoz Family Foundation’s Monique de Meuron Programme for Academic Promotion. The Sandoz Family Foundation was launched in 1964 by … Continue reading →
29.12.21 – Thanks to the high-power electron microscopes at the Dubochet Center for Imaging (DCI), EPFL scientists were able to observe the configuration of the Omicron variant’s spike protein at a near-atomic scale. This should provide fresh insight into the … Continue reading →
23.12.21 – Scientists in Switzerland and Germany have achieved efficient electron-beam modulation using integrated photonics – circuits that guide light on a chip. The experiments could lead to entirely new quantum measurement schemes in electron microscopy. The transmission electron microscope … Continue reading →
03.12.21 – Researchers at EPFL, China, Spain and the Netherlands have built a micro-device that uses vibrating molecules to transform invisible mid-infrared light into visible light. The breakthrough ushers in a new class of compact sensors for thermal imaging and … Continue reading →
30.11.21 – An international team led by EPFL scientists, has unveiled a unique quantum-mechanical interaction between electrons and topological defects in layered materials that has only been observed in engineered atomic thin layers. The phenomenon can be reproduced by the … Continue reading →
23.11.21 – Fully operational for two weeks, the Dubochet Center for Imaging was presented to the press on November 22. The DCI houses the world’s most advanced cryo-electron microscopes, which promises considerable advances in biomedical research thanks to the precision … Continue reading →
03.11.21 – Combining integrated photonics and micro-electromechanical systems, a collaboration between EPFL and Purdue University has developed an electrically driven optical isolator-on-a-chip that transmits light in only one direction. This technology opens new path for chip-based applications such as LiDAR, … Continue reading →
29.10.21 – Paolo Ricci, a physics professor at EPFL for over ten years, is the winner of this year’s “Polysphère d’Or” – an award given by students to honor teaching excellence. Ricci received his “Polysphère d’Or” award at this year’s … Continue reading →
20.10.21 – EPFL and Microsoft Research scientists demonstrated ultrafast optical circuit switching using a chip-based soliton comb laser and a completely passive diffraction grating device. This particular architecture could enable an energy-efficient optical datacenter to meet enormous data bandwidth requirements … Continue reading →