nn n 20.02.23 – Nicolas Grandjean, who won the PolySphère award for best teacher in EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences as well as the PolySphère d’Or for best teacher overall, has a unique approach to teaching physics.n Each year, EPFL … Continue reading →
nn n 27.01.23 – Researchers at EPFL have developed a new technique that can visualize and control the rotation of a handful of spins arranged in a vortex-like texture at the fastest speed ever achieved. The breakthrough can advance “spintronics”, … Continue reading →
nn n 26.12.22 – Scientists at EPFL have overcome the scaling challenges of quantum optomechanical systems and realized the first superconducting circuit optomechanical graphene lattice.n The precise control of micro-mechanical oscillators is fundamental to many contemporary technologies, from sensing and … Continue reading →
nn n 20.12.22 – A study led by EPFL scientists within the LHCb collaboration solves a long-debated issue in particle physics.n Renato Quagliani, a scientist at LPHE-OS, has presented a long-awaited measurement of lepton universality from the LHCb collaboration [1,2] … Continue reading →
nn n 14.12.22 – Professor Victor Gorbenko at EPFL’s Institute of Physics (IPHYS) has received a Starting Grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation.n Due to Switzerland’s status as a non-associated third country in the Horizon Europe programme, the federal … Continue reading →
nn n 01.12.22 – Scientists at EPFL have developed photonic integrated circuits that demonstrated a new principle of light amplification on a silicon chip. It can be employed for optical signals like those used in Lidar, trans-oceanic fiber amplifiers or … Continue reading →
nn n 15.11.22 – The Swiss Physical Society (SPS) has recently published a study of the influence of Physics on the Swiss economy and society, showing that this impact is paramount.n The Swiss Physical Society (SPS) last Focus issue is … Continue reading →
nn n 02.11.22 – Scientists at the Swiss Plasma Center at EPFL, in collaboration with Beyond Gravity and with the support of the ESA, have developed a slip ring assembly that can more than triple the operational voltage of new-generation, … Continue reading →
nn n 20.10.22 – EPFL Professor Fabrizio Carbone of the School of Basic Sciences has been elected Fellow of the American Physical Society.n The American Physical Society (APS) is the world’s largest organization of physicists. It was founded in 1899 … Continue reading →
nn n 07.10.22 – Physicists at EPFL have developed a formulation to solve the longstanding problem of electron self-interaction when studying polarons – quasiparticles produced by electron-phonon interactions in materials. The work can lead to unprecedented calculations of polarons in … Continue reading →