Our brains have a “fingerprint” too

A School of Engineering scientist has pinpointed the signs of brain activity that make up our brain fingerprint, which – like our regular fingerprint – is unique.

New proteins enable scientists to control cell activities

School of Engineering scientists have developed new controlled proteins and used to switch cellular activities on and off like a light bulb.

How to force photons to never bounce back

EPFL scientists have developed a topology-based method that forces microwave photons to travel along on way path, despite unprecedented levels of disorder and obstacles on their way. This discovery paves the way to a new generation of high-frequency circuits and extremely robust, compact communication devices.

Next-generation camera can better locate tumors

Scientists at EPFL and Dartmouth College in the US have developed a system that can, for the first time, both pinpoint the exact location of a tumor and measure its depth. Their technology employs a high-tech camera developed at EPFL’s Advanced Quantum Architecture Laboratory.

Ultrafast optical switching can save overwhelmed datacenters

EPFL and Microsoft Research scientists demonstrated ultrafast optical circuit switching using a chip-based soliton comb laser and a completely passive diffraction grating device. This particular architecture could enable an energy-efficient optical datacenter to meet enormous data bandwidth requirements in future.

The NFT market for digital artwork behaves like social networks

In a study of transactions involving non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which represent digital works of art, EPFL scientists have found that the NFT market has much the same structure as interactions on social networks. Their pioneering study is the first of its kind.

Real-Time Monitoring of Nanoscale Polarization Switching

School of Engineering researchers have visualized nanoscale jumps in a ferroelectric’s polarization that are thought to play a key role in how well some ferroelectric devices function.

DNA-based materials are ready to become the next nanodiagnostics

Based on the findings of researchers from School of Engineering and MPIB, recently published in ACS Nano, DNA-based nanomaterials are one step closer to applications in nanomedicine.