EPFL President Anna Fontcuberta i Morral describes herself as someone who has always had a hyperactive streak. To recharge, she counts on her family, exercise and a team she knows she can rely on.

By engineering lubricated interfaces inside nanopores, EPFL researchers have enabled ions to flow through a nanofluidic membrane with unprecedented speed and control. In addition to enhancing nanofluidic technologies, the innovation could help accelerate the development of next-generation osmotic energy harvesting.

EPFL School of Engineering professors Sophia Haussener, Maryam Kamgarpour, and Li Tang have been awarded prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grants.

On Monday, three teams of students from the first edition of MSE-433: Towards Sustainable Materials, received prizes for semester projects that proposed creative alternatives to existing products.

The Materials Science Section (SMX) in the School of Engineering celebrated its 50th birthday last Thursday with an event highlighting the history and future of materials research and education at EPFL.

Construction is underway on the 85-meter Tilia Tower near Lausanne: the first large-scale building in Switzerland to be built with a low-carbon cement developed in EPFL’s Lab of Construction Materials.