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CHIPP Prize 2017 goes to a former student of the DPNC
The experimental detection of dark matter is one of the great challenges of current fundamental research in physics. This year’s prize of the Swiss Institute of Particle Physics (CHIPP) is awarded to the physicist Dr. Johanna Gramling for her latest…
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Accolades for two physics researchers
Marta Gibert and Ana Akrap, two researchers in the Department of Quantum Physics, have both won professorships and associated grants awarded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). Marta Gibert will join the University of Zurich with her work on…
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« Particle Physics – an Introduction »
The MOOC « Particle Physics – an Introduction » is now available in French as well as in English. This course introduces you to subatomic physics, i.e. the physics of nuclei and particles.
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Bringing terahertz waves to heel?
Terahertz waves are frequency ranges of light that lie between infrared radiation (used, for example, in night vision) and gigahertz waves (used for Wi-Fi connections). Although the waves can be used to detect matter that is inaccessible with other…
