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Journée d’accueil
Vendredi 17 septembre 2021 Cette journée obligatoire permet aux nouveaux étudiants de recevoir une quantité d’informations utiles pour le début des études à l’EPFL, de se familiariser avec le campus, ainsi que de faire connaissance avec ses pairs et futurs enseignants. L’EPFL et la section de Physique se réjouissent de vous accueillir et de vous (…)
Looking up at the stars (and the exoplanets) with Michel Mayor and Claude Nicollier (TGCS – E12)
The Galactic Chloé Show An astronaut and a Nobel prize winner talking about exoplanets and their passion for the sky! Galactic Chloé was on the Moon with Prof. Michel Mayor who discovered the first exoplanet and his friend, ESA astronaut, Claude Nicollier, who fixed the Hubble Space Telescope. Could we discover life on other planets? (…)
Center for Quantum Science and Engineering
Quantum mechanics is the foundation of all natural phenomena. All common manifestations of nature – such as a falling body or a vibrating guitar string – are “classical”: they can be well explained within the limited understanding of the laws of physics that we had prior to the birth of quantum mechanics. The beauty (…)
Nomination of new Professor at IPHYS
At its meeting of 14-15 July 2021, the ETH Board has appointed Dr Victor Gorbenko as new Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at the Institute of Physics (IPHYS). Dr Victor Gorbenko, currently Research Fellow at Stanford University, USA, was named as Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Physics, starting from the 1st of February 2022.Victor Gorbenko’s main domain of activity is Quantum (…)
Mask wearing during the exams and start of the fall 2021 semester
Dear teachers, As the school year draws to a close, we would like to thank you once again for all you have done. This has been a challenging year because of the pandemic, and you’ve had to be very flexible and resourceful. Thanks to your efforts, our students continued to receive an excellent education. We (…)
Information about the exam session
Dear teachers, Thank you again for your hard work and cooperation throughout this complicated year. This email contains some useful information about the exam session that will begin on 21 June. We will send you another email, at a later date, with details about the start of the next academic year. Help desk We have (…)
Paul Bernays Lectures 2021
At the end of August the “Paul Bernays Lectures” on the philosophy of physics will be held at the ETHZ, with Prof. Andrea Ghez, an eminent astrophysicist and Nobel Prize winner in physics in 2020, as guest speaker.