Chemistry
Bridging the “Valley of Death” in carbon capture
Research
EPFL
Developed at EPFL, Heriot-Watt University, and ETH Zurich, PrISMa is a new platform that uses advanced simulations and machine learning to streamline carbon capture technologies, by taking into account the perspectives of diverse stakeholders early in the research process.
Mining rare earth metals from electronic waste
Research
ETH Zurich
ETH researchers are developing a process inspired by nature that efficiently recovers europium from old fluorescent lamps. The approach could lead to the long-awaited recycling of rare earth metals.
Atom-thin graphene membranes make carbon capture more efficient
Research
EPFL
Scientists at EPFL have developed advanced atom-thin graphene membranes with pyridinic-nitrogen at pore edges, showing unprecedented performance in CO2 capture. It marks a significant stride toward more efficient carbon capture technologies.
Membrane protein analogues could accelerate drug discovery
Research
EPFL
EPFL researchers have created a deep learning pipeline for designing soluble analogues of key protein structures used in pharmaceutical development, sidestepping the prohibitive cost of extracting these proteins from cell membranes.
Can aerosols stop global warming?
Research
PSI
Markus Ammann, head of the Multiphase Chemistry research group at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and adjunct professor of atmospheric chemistry at ETH Zurich, ranks considerations regarding the use of so-called geoengineering to put the brakes on climate change and explains what the Swiss Light Source SLS has to do with it.
Using quantum computers already today
Research
PSI
Understanding how chemical reactions really happen at a quantum mechanical level is difficult. As experimental tools such as the SwissFEL enable new insights into the ultrafast changes that govern them, the data becomes too complicated to model classically. Here, simulations on quantum computers could help. 
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