EPFL Basic Sciences@epflSB

The official account of EPFL's School of Basic Sciences.

 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Joined May 2017
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Rare quantum state reveals particles with quarter-electron charge actu.epfl.ch/news/rare-quant… #epfl
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Laura Grigori named one of @HPCwire's 35 Legends actu.epfl.ch/news/laura-grig… #epfl #math
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Alfio Quarteroni receives Gauss-Newton Medal actu.epfl.ch/news/alfio-quar… #epfl
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An @ERC_Research #StartingGrant to EPFL's School of Basic Sciences actu.epfl.ch/news/an-erc-sta…
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EPFL researchers have developed a graphene device that measures the tiny, fractional electric charges carried by some of the strangest objects in quantum physics. actu.epfl.ch/news/how-do-you…

How do you measure one third of an electron?

EPFL researchers have developed a graphene device that measures the tiny, fractional electric charges carried by some of the strangest objects in quantum physics.

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Ursula Rothlisberger receives Michele Parrinello Award actu.epfl.ch/news/ursula-rot… #epfl
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A way to read quantum bits faster and with less hardware actu.epfl.ch/news/a-way-to-r… #epfl
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Tobias Kippenberg receives NOMIS Award actu.epfl.ch/news/tobias-kip… #epfl
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How proximity steals energy from nanoresonators actu.epfl.ch/news/how-proxim… #epfl

How proximity steals energy from nanoresonators

EPFL researchers have shown that placing insolating materials near ultracoherent nanomechanical resonators causes energy loss. The work reveals a previously overlooked design constraint for devices...

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A better way to predict semiconductor properties actu.epfl.ch/news/a-better-w… #epfl

A better way to predict semiconductor properties

A study led by EPFL researchers introduces a new computational method that predicts the electronic properties of semiconductors more accurately, including materials that existing methods can someti...

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Suliana Manley elected @EMBO Member actu.epfl.ch/news/suliana-ma… #epfl #embomembers2026
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Modular chemistry speeds up the search for better catalysts actu.epfl.ch/news/modular-ch… #epfl

Modular chemistry speeds up the search for better catalysts

EPFL researchers have developed a simple way to create highly selective catalysts by letting two small molecules assemble themselves. The approach is more sustainable compared to traditional ones and...

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Christian Heinis awarded @ERC_Research Advanced Grant actu.epfl.ch/news/christian-… #epfl #advancedgrants

Christian Heinis awarded ERC Advanced Grant

Professor Christian Heinis at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences has been awarded an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC).

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Michael Grätzel receives Germany's Grand Cross of Merit with Star actu.epfl.ch/news/michael-gr… #epfl @BPrSprecherin

Michael Grätzel receives Germany's Grand Cross of Merit with Star

EPFL Professor Michael Grätzel has received the Grand Cross of Merit with Star of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, one of the country’s highest civilian honors, in recognition...

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Marinella Mazzanti wins Royal Society of Chemistry prize actu.epfl.ch/news/marinella-… #epfl #RSCPrizes

Marinella Mazzanti wins Royal Society of Chemistry prize

Professor Marinella Mazzanti at EPFL has received the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Mond-Nyholm Prize for Inorganic Chemistry for her pioneering research on molecular f-element chemistry and nitrogen...

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EPFL joins @ESA mission #ARRAKIHS to probe dark matter actu.epfl.ch/news/epfl-joins…

EPFL joins ESA mission to probe dark matter

Researchers at EPFL will help shape and prepare ARRAKIHS, a European Space Agency mission that will launch in 2030 to observe how galaxies grow and provide new insights into the nature of dark matter.

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New peptides slip into cells to block hard-to-target proteins actu.epfl.ch/news/new-peptid… #epfl

New peptides slip into cells to block hard-to-target proteins

EPFL researchers have developed a type of peptides that can enter cells and block protein interactions considered difficult to target with drugs.

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Nobel laureate Konstantin Novoselov as first EPFL Fellow actu.epfl.ch/news/nobel-laur… #graphene
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Clément Hongler receives 2026 Frontiers of Science Award actu.epfl.ch/news/clement-ho… #epfl
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Martin Hairer elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences actu.epfl.ch/news/martin-hai… #epfl

Martin Hairer elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

EPFL professor Martin Hairer has been elected into membership of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest learned societies in the United States.

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