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Water is surprisingly ordered on the nanoscale
Published:24.05.17 — Researchers from EPFL have shown that the surface of minuscule water drops with a 100 nm size is surprisingly ordered. At room temperature, the surface water molecules of these droplets have much stronger interactions than a normal water surface. The structural difference corresponds to a difference in temperature of -50 °C, which may shed new light on a variety of atmospheric, biological and even geological processes.
A new tool for discovering nanoporous materials
Published:23.05.17 — EPFL scientists have developed a mathematical “face-recognition” method for identifying and discovering nanoporous materials based on their pore size.
Digital birdhouses make studying owls easier
Published:22.05.17 — EPFL students have developed a system that can detect when barn owls fly into and out of their nests, without disturbing the birds. Their invention could soon be installed in some of the 350 birdhouses that biologists have set up in the Swiss region of Broye.
Software developed at EPFL used to control a flotilla of satellites
Published:19.05.17 — This past week, 28 CubeSats were released from the International Space Station (ISS). Eight of them are running EPFL software that was originally developed for SwissCube.
Appointment of EPFL professors
Published:19.05.17 — The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment of three professors at EPFL.
My Thesis in 180 Seconds: two EPFL students make it to the podium
Published:19.05.17 — Two PhD students from EPFL were among the top three finishers in the Swiss finals of the My Thesis in 180 Seconds competition held last night in Geneva. One of them, Amaël Cohades, qualified for the international finals by coming in second. The 15 finalists, who came from universities all over French-speaking Switzerland, treated the large audience to an exhilarating look at their cutting-edge research.
Astronomers make the largest map of the Universe yet
Published:19.05.17 — Astronomers of the extended Baryonic Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey, led by EPFL Professor Jean-Paul Kneib, used the Sloan telescope to create the first map of the Universe based entirely on quasars.
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