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Reconfiguring microwave photonic filters without an external device

Published:07.09.20 — Researchers from EPFL's Photonics Systems Lab have come up with a way of reconfiguring microwave photonic filters without the need for an external device. This paves the way for more compact, environmentally friendly filters that will be more practical and cheaper to use. Potential applications include detection and communications systems. The researchers' findings have recently been published in Nature Communications.

A step towards a better understanding of molecular dynamics

Published:04.09.20 — EPFL researchers, working at the boundary between classical and quantum physics, have developed a method for quickly spotting molecules with particularly interesting electron properties.

New model explains when the brain becomes aware of information

Published:03.09.20 — EPFL scientists propose that periods of unconscious processing—during which the brain integrates information—precede brief moments of consciousness.

How the Swiss fared under partial lockdown

Published:02.09.20 — A joint study by EPFL, the Idiap Research Institute and the University of Lausanne’s Institute of Psychology has provided us with a unique snapshot of how Swiss residents experienced the partial lockdown measures resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. The findings include gender disparities, doubts about the future and hopes for change.

A photographic exhibition captures ‘Hope' at ArtLab

Published:01.09.20 — From September 4th-October 4th, EPFL’s ArtLab will host a photographic exhibition devoted to finalists of the coveted, international 2019 Prix Pictet in photography and sustainability.

A universal structural deformation in all heme proteins

Published:31.08.20 — Chemists and physicists from Switzerland and Germany have shown that the typical deformation of respiratory heme proteins also occurs in heme proteins not involved in the respiratory function.

“Jumping” DNA regulates human neurons

Published:28.08.20 — “Jumping” sequences of DNA, known as transposable elements, partner up with evolutionarily recent proteins to influence the differentiation and physiological functioning of human neurons.