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EPFL Basic Sciences @epflSB

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

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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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AI helps chemists design molecules step by step actu.epfl.ch/news/ai-helps-c… #epfl @pschwllr

AI helps chemists design molecules step by step

An EPFL-led study shows how language models can guide chemical synthesis and explain reactions using plain-language instructions.

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EPFL helps pin down Universe's expansion rate actu.epfl.ch/news/epfl-helps… #epfl

EPFL helps pin down Universe's expansion rate

An international collaboration, including researchers at EPFL, reports the most precise direct measurement of the Hubble constant, using a community-built distance network designed to reduce bias and...

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EPFL researchers help observe new subatomic particle at CERN actu.epfl.ch/news/epfl-resea… #epfl #cern #lhcb

EPFL researchers help observe new subatomic particle at CERN

EPFL researchers have helped observe a new doubly charmed baryon at CERN’s LHCb experiment, a heavier relative of the proton.

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Hybrid photonic chips reach 581 Gbit/s actu.epfl.ch/news/hybrid-pho… #epfl

Hybrid photonic chips reach 581 Gbit/s

A wafer-scale bonding method developed at EPFL enables ultrafast optical modulators by bonding lithium tantalate onto 100-millimeter semiconductor wafers of silicon nitride, supporting data rates...

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When hydrogen locks ice into a quantum dance actu.epfl.ch/news/when-hydro… #epfl

When hydrogen locks ice into a quantum dance

Deep inside giant planets, water and hydrogen are squeezed to enormous pressures. Researchers at EPFL show that under these conditions, ice can trap hydrogen molecules and force them into an unusual...

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Making quantum vibrations nonlinear actu.epfl.ch/news/making-qua… #epfl

Making quantum vibrations nonlinear

A research team at EPFL has shown how to engineer controlled nonlinearity of phonons, the quantum units of mechanical vibration, in a chip-based device.

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Northwestern awards EPFL's Michael Grätzel honorary doctorate actu.epfl.ch/news/northweste… #epfl

Northwestern awards EPFL's Michael Grätzel honorary doctorate

EPFL professor Michael Grätzel will receive an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Northwestern University in recognition of his pioneering work in solar energy conversion.

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Wafer-scale lasers bring fiber performance to photonic chips actu.epfl.ch/news/wafer-scal… #epfl

Wafer-scale lasers bring fiber performance to photonic chips

Researchers at EPFL have developed the first wafer-scale, foundry-compatible erbium-doped integrated lasers, combining industrial manufacturability with performance approaching that of state-of-the...

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Suliana Manley receives 2025 Qidi Award actu.epfl.ch/news/suliana-ma… #epfl

Suliana Manley receives 2025 Qidi Award

EPFL Professor Suliana Manley is one of two international recipients of 2025 Qidi Award, which honors outstanding female scientists and engineers.

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When light boosts protein evolution actu.epfl.ch/news/when-light… #epfl

When light boosts protein evolution

EPFL researchers have developed a light-based method that can produce proteins that switch states, respond to signals, and even compute, using light and the cell cycle.

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Majed Chergui receives the 2026 Optica William F. Meggers Award actu.epfl.ch/news/majed-cher… #epfl

Majed Chergui receives the 2026 Optica William F. Meggers Award

Optica honors EPFL’s Majed Chergui for pioneering work in ultrafast spectroscopy.

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Copper damascene process brings electronics and photonics together actu.epfl.ch/news/copper-dam… #epfl

Copper damascene process brings electronics and photonics together

EPFL researchers have, for the first time, applied the semiconductor industry’s standard copper wiring process to ferroelectric thin film photonics. By building lithium tantalate modulators with...

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Shining light on women professors of Basic Sciences at EPFL actu.epfl.ch/news/shining-li… #womeninscience #epfl

Shining light on women professors of Basic Sciences at EPFL

Three new collections of portraits of women professors in Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics are now on display across EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences, ten years after the initial installation in...

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“I thrive in environments where the rules aren't fixed” actu.epfl.ch/news/i-thrive-i… #epfl

“I thrive in environments where the rules aren't fixed”

Quantum computing is often sold as a magic bullet that will quickly solve today’s intractable problems. Yihui Quek prefers to balance this optimism with scientific rigor, and instead ask the questi...

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Philippe Schwaller wins MGMS Frank Blaney Award actu.epfl.ch/news/philippe-s… #epfl

Philippe Schwaller wins MGMS Frank Blaney Award

The Molecular Graphics and Modelling Society has honored EPFL’s Philippe Schwaller with its 8th Frank Blaney Award for his contributions to artificial intelligence in chemistry.

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