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Riccardo Agnello tests heating prototypes for ITER @Consorzio RFX

Swiss Plasma Center trains researchers to harness the sun's energy

Research

Holder of a recent PHD from the EPFL Swiss Plasma Center, Riccardo Agnello is now working for the nuclear fusion reactor ITER. The Swiss Plasma Center is making a major contribution to this enormous international project, which holds out great hope for clean, abundant energy without long-term radioactive waste.

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Lighting the way to infrared detection

Research

EPFL physicists propose a new path to detect infrared radiation with outstanding sensitivity, allowing detection of signals as low as that of a single quantum of light.

Professors Grandjean and Kippenberg. Credit: EPFL

Two EPFL scientists win quantum-research grants

EPFL

EPFL Professors Nicolas Grandjean and Tobias J. Kippenberg are among eighteen international research teams sharing a grant for quantum research and innovation, awarded by the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

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MARVEL September Junior Seminars

25-09-202025-09-2020

With: Seyed Mohamad Moosavi (EPFL) & Behnam Parsaeifard (UniBas)
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