Florian Emaury, CEO and co-founder of Menhir Photonics, has a dream: to shake up the market with ultrafast lasers. The company’s approach is based…
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Magnetic waves help more efficient computing
MIT researchers have devised a novel circuit design that enables precise control of computing with magnetic waves — with no electricity needed. The advance…
New discovery about electrically charged polymers dissolved in water
Researchers at EPFL have discovered that the viscosity of solutions of electrically charged polymers dissolved in water is influenced by a quantum effect. This…
Opportunity for large and underused region of electromagnetic spectrum
Terahertz frequency laser paves the way for better sensing, imaging and communications. The terahertz frequency range – which sits in the middle of the…
Transistor arrays goes into the third dimension
Silicon integrated circuits, which are used in computer processors, are approaching the maximum feasible density of transistors on a single chip—at least, in two-dimensional…
EPFL spin-off creates award winning virtual reality
OZWE Games – an EPFL spin-off that develops virtual-reality games – won the 2019 Swiss National Business of the Year Award and will be…
Metalenses for VR and imaging applications
Metalenses — flat surfaces that use nanostructures to focus light — are poised to revolutionize everything from microscopy to cameras, sensors, and displays. But so far, most of…
Munich is to gain a status of European Innovation Hub
In the future the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and UnternehmerTUM, Center for Innovation and Business Creation, will be supporting teams from other countries…
100-years old physics enigma resolved
An EPFL Bachelor’s student has solved a mystery that has puzzled scientists for 100 years. He discovered why gas bubbles in narrow vertical tubes…
Platform for stable quantum computing and exotic physics
Harvard University researchers have demonstrated the first material that can have both strongly correlated electron interactions and topological properties. This discovery not only paves…