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Photovoltaic perovskites can detect neutrons

“A simple and cheap device for detecting neutrons has been developed by a team of EPFL researchers and their collaborators. The device, based on a special class of crystalline compounds called perovskites, could be used to quickly detect neutrons coming …

LiftPose3D: Turning 2D images into 3D models

“EPFL scientists have developed a deep learning-based method called LiftPose3D, which can reconstruct 3D animal poses using only 2D poses from one camera. This method will have impact in neuroscience and bioinspired robotics. “When people perform experiments in neuroscience they …

Swimming robot gives fresh insight into locomotion and neuroscience

“Thanks to their swimming robot modeled after a lamprey, EPFL scientists may have discovered why some vertebrates are able to retain their locomotor capabilities after a spinal cord lesion. The finding could also help improve the performance of swimming robots …

Running quantum software on a classical computer

“Two physicists, from EPFL and Columbia University, have introduced an approach for simulating the quantum approximate optimization algorithm using a traditional computer. Instead of running the algorithm on advanced quantum processors, the new approach uses a classical machine-learning algorithm that …

Removing the lead hazard from perovskite solar cells

“Although a very promising solution for capturing solar energy, perovskite solar cells contain lead, which is toxic to the environment and a serious health hazard. EPFL scientists have now found a very elegant and efficient solution by adding a transparent …

A 3D printer made entirely at EPFL

“EPFL students have made a high-performance 3D printer that can print structures measuring just a few microns across. Six months ago, EPFL professors Christophe Moser and Jürgen Brugger were in the market for a printer. But all the options were …

Machine learning cracks the oxidation states of crystal structures

“Chemical engineers at EPFL have developed a machine-learning model that can predict a compound’s oxidation state, a property that is so essential that many chemists argue it must be included in the periodic table. Chemical elements make up pretty …

An artificial leaf made from semiconducting polymers

“EPFL scientists are generating oxygen from sunlight, water and semiconducting polymers. They present a promising way towards economical and scalable solar fuel production. Natural photosynthesis evolved to covert water and sunlight into oxygen (O2) and stored chemical energy. In plants …

Microscope reveals the secrets of a material’s structure

“EPFL scientists have made an important discovery about the structure of barium titanate, a material used in everyday objects. Their findings refute existing theories on the displacement of the material’s atoms. Barium titanate is a ferroelectric material used in …

Green light on gold atoms

“Scientists at EPFL discover that laser-driven rearrangement of just a few gold atoms inside nanoscale antennas can be observed by the naked eye. Because individual atoms or molecules are 100 to 1000 times smaller than the wavelength of visible light …