26.08.21 – Physicists at EPFL have found a way to get photons to interact with pairs of atoms for the first time. The breakthrough is important for the field of cavity quantum electrodynamics (QED), a cutting-edge field leading the way … Continue reading →
12.08.21 – NICEdrug.ch, a new database developed by a group of researchers from EPFL, may help scientists assess potential drugs more quickly, including how they are metabolized by the body and their potential side effects. Researchers from EPFL have created … Continue reading →
03.08.21 – Two physicists, from EPFL and Columbia University, have introduced an approach for simulating the quantum approximate optimization algorithm using a traditional computer. Instead of running the algorithm on advanced quantum processors, the new approach uses a classical machine-learning … Continue reading →
16.07.21 – Although a very promising solution for capturing solar energy, perovskite solar cells contain lead, which is toxic to the environment and a serious health hazard. EPFL scientists have now found a very elegant and efficient solution by adding … Continue reading →
05.07.21 – Chemical engineers at EPFL have developed a machine-learning model that can predict a compound’s oxidation state, a property that is so essential that many chemists argue it must be included in the periodic table. Chemical elements make up … Continue reading →
02.07.21 – EPFL scientists have devised a new method that can speed up the real-time observation capabilities of cryo-electron microscopy. In 2017, Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, and Richard Henderson won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their contributions to cryo-electron … Continue reading →
01.07.21 – A collaboration between EPFL and UCSB has developed a long-anticipated breakthrough, and demonstrated CMOS technology – used for building microprocessors and memory chips – that allows wafer-scale manufacturing of chip-scale optical frequency combs. Optical frequency combs consist of … Continue reading →
25.06.21 – EPFL scientists have used an unprecedented method with multimodal host-guest complexation to greatly improve the stability of perovskite solar cells while also reducing the release of lead into the environment. Perovskites are hybrid compounds made from metal halides … Continue reading →
09.06.21 – In an international collaboration including EPFL, scientists have achieved giant nonlinearity of UV hybrid light-matter states up to room temperature in a waveguide made of AlInGaN, a wide bandgap semiconductor. The achievement paves the way for new devices … Continue reading →
28.05.21 – Scientists at EPFL discover that laser-driven rearrangement of just a few gold atoms inside nanoscale antennas can be observed by the naked eye. Image: Plasmonic nano-antennas fabricated at EPFL: gold nanoparticles are deposited on a gold film covered with … Continue reading →