28.01.20 – A research group lead by prof. Wendy Queen designed new sponge materials with microscopic holes that can selectively extract and concentrate gold from a variety of the world’s most complex liquid mixtures. A recordbreaking gold-extraction rate of one gram of high purity gold per … Continue reading →
15.01.20 – Scientists at EPFL have developed an algorithm that can model biochemical reactions from metabolism down to RNA synthesis with unprecedented accuracy. All living things are made of carbon, and sugars, e.g. glucose, are a very common source of … Continue reading →
04.12.19 – EPFL researchers have developed Big Data tools for identifying new gene functions. The work identifies millions of connections between genes and their functions, and can facilitate the development of precision medicine. Genes are the functional units of heredity, … Continue reading →
25.11.19 – Juhan Aru is a new professor in Mathematics at EPFL where he holds the Chair of Random Geometry. His work aims at understanding geometric properties of models where randomness and geometry meet. Randomness and geometrical structures interact with … Continue reading →
21.11.19 – EPFL chemists have uncovered the first steps in the process of gene expression by showing how the protein Rap1 pries open the tightly wound, compacted structure of DNA in the cell to gain access to specific genes. The … Continue reading →
19.11.19 – Sixteen researchers from EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences have been included in the Web of Science’s 2019 Highly Cited Researchers list. Since 2014, Clarivate Analytics has produced an annual Highly Cited Researchers list of scientists whose publications during the previous decade … Continue reading →
14.11.19 – Scientists at the University of Bern, Umeå University, and EPFL have for the first time systematically investigated the genome of the malaria parasite throughout its life cycle. The researchers identified hundreds of potential drug targets that are urgently … Continue reading →
31.10.19 – EPFL researchers, with colleagues at the University of Cambridge and IBM Research–Zurich, unravel novel dynamics in the interaction between light and mechanical motion with significant implications for quantum measurements designed to evade the influence of the detector in … 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 →
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 →