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CleanSpace One Satellite Will Remove Space Debris
CleanSpace One, developed by the Swiss Space Center at EPFL, is a project to develop and build the first group of satellites that will remove space debris. The first orbital contact could take place...
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European Extremely Large Telescope Project Underway
Officially underway and set to be built at the summit of a mountain in the Atacama desert, the European Extremely Large Telescope will be sensitive enough to capture 100 million times more light than...
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EPFL Creates Memory Cell by Combining Molybdenite and Graphene
EPFL scientists have combined monolayer MoS2 with graphene to build a flash memory prototype capable of information storage. EPFL scientists have combined two materials with advantageous electronic...
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“Cheetah-Cub Robot” Runs Like a Cat
In this short video, researchers from EPFL’s Biorobotics Laboratory reveal a small-size quadruped prototype robot, which they call a “cheetah-cub robot.” Thanks to its legs, whose design faithfully...
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Researchers Demonstrate a Quantum Connection Between Light and Mechanics
By using a laser to illuminate an object, physicists in the EPFL’s Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurement have shown that it is possible to control the motion of an object, large enough to be...
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Researchers Reveal the Cause of LED Efficiency Droop
A team of researchers have conclusively identified Auger recombination as the mechanism that causes LEDs to be less efficient at high drive currents. Santa Barbara, California – Researchers at...
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Scientists Generate Magnetic Field by Using Heat Instead of Electricity
In a newly published study, EPFL scientists have for the first time predicted and experimentally verified the existence of the Magnetic Seebeck Effect. EPFL scientists have provided the first evidence...
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Scientists Demonstrate Experimentally that SmB6 is a Topological Insulator
An international team of scientists has demonstrated experimentally, for the first time, that SmB6 is indeed a topological insulator. Spintronics is an emerging field of electronics, where devices...
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Certain Peptides Exposed to UV Radiation Transition to More Reactive Triplet...
New research shows that certain peptides degrade under UV light by first passing through a triplet quantum state, a reactive arrangement that can cause greater damage than fragmentation alone. The...
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EPFL Sheds New Light on the Fundamental Mechanisms of Heat Dissipation in...
Scientists from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne shed new light on the fundamental mechanisms of heat dissipation in graphene and other two-dimensional materials. In the race to miniaturize...
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Controlling Complex Pattern of Superconductivity Within an Exotic Metal
Superconductivity has fascinated scientists for many years since it offers the potential to revolutionize current technologies. Materials only become superconductors — meaning that electrons can......
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Rapid Evolution of Deadly Pathogen: Cholera Bacterium Can Steal Up to 150...
EPFL scientists have discovered that predatory bacteria like the cholera pathogen can steal up to 150 genes in one go from their neighbors. The study... The post Rapid Evolution of Deadly Pathogen:...
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It’s Not Just Smokestacks to Worry About: Mountain Streams Emit a Surprising...
For the first time, an EPFL-led team of scientists has measured the total amount of CO2 emissions from mountain streams worldwide. This research builds on... The post It’s Not Just Smokestacks to...
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Dangerous Toxin Genetically Engineered Into a High-Resolution Biosensor
Some bacteria release a toxin that forms pores on other cells. EPFL scientists have studied the pore-forming toxin aerolysin and genetically engineered it to be... The post Dangerous Toxin Genetically...
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Evading Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle Isn’t Easy
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... The post...
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AI Predicts Where and When Lightning Will Strike – Can Even Issue Alerts...
Researchers at EPFL have developed a novel way of predicting lightning strikes to the nearest 10 to 30 minutes and within a radius of 30... The post AI Predicts Where and When Lightning Will Strike –...
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Atomic Layer Deposition Scaled Up to Large Surfaces With Lower Costs
Atomic layer deposition (ALD) involves stacking layers of atoms on top of each other like pancakes. The atoms come from a vaporized material called a... The post Atomic Layer Deposition Scaled Up to...
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Student Solves Physics Mystery That Has Puzzled Scientists for 100 Years
An École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Bachelor’s student has solved a mystery that has puzzled scientists for 100 years. He discovered why gas bubbles... The post Student Solves Physics...
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New Material Can Better Capture Carbon Dioxide From Factory/Powerplant Exhaust
Generally speaking, “flue gas” refers to any gas coming out of a pipe, exhaust, chimney etc as a product of combustion in a fireplace, oven,... The post New Material Can Better Capture Carbon Dioxide...
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Ultra-Light Robotic Insect Uses Soft Artificial Muscles to Move – Survives...
Researchers at EPFL have developed an ultra-light robotic insect that uses its soft artificial muscles to move at 3 cm per second across different types... The post Ultra-Light Robotic Insect Uses...
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