January 19, 2025

EPFL in 2019 highly cited researchers list

Since 2014, Clarivate Analytics has produced an annual Highly Cited Researchers list of scientists whose publications during the previous decade contain a notable number of papers that are in the top 1% most cited paper for their publication year. […]

EPFL: LACUS becomes full member of Laserlab Europe

The Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS) has become the first Swiss laser center to be admitted as a full member of Laserlab Europe, a European consortium of leading organizations in laser-based inter-disciplinary research. The Integrated Initiative […]

Qnami closes 2.6M CHF seed round

Qnami announced today the closing of a 2.6M CHF (2.6M USD) seed round led by Venture Capital fund Quantonation and further supported by investiere, ZKB Start-up Finance and the High Tech Gründerfond. Qnami is a […]

McKinsey: Reviving innovation in Europe

McKinsey has just issued an interesting paper about innovation in Europe and propose five paths which could build on its strengths and help the continent regain its competitive edge. Some excerpts: Europe’s startup scene is thriving: […]

Evading Heisenberg isn’t easy

Researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland (EPFL) unravel novel dynamics in the interaction between light and mechanical motion with significant implications for quantum measurements designed to evade the influence of the detector in […]

Quantum physics: Ménage à trois photon-style

Researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, have discovered a new quantum property: by placing 3 pairs of photons in a network, it is possible to entangle them and create new ultra-strong correlations. Entanglement […]