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Professor Christoph Renner, who is also MaNEP's deputy director has been selected to participate in "Histoire des Savoirs", a series of daily short science clips produced by the Swiss TV to address some of the issues of nanotechnology.

Former MaNEP deputy-director Jean-Marc Triscone is one of the three editors of a recently published book called : "Physics of Ferroelectrics : A Modern Perspective".

Les Pôles de recherche nationaux Frontiers in Genetics et MaNEP (Materials with Novel Electronic Properties), tous deux basés à l’Université de Genève (UNIGE), viennent de décrocher 18 millions de francs pour les quatre années à venir.

La dernière livraison de la revue Nature dévoile les résultats étonnants d’une recherche menée par des physiciens de l’Université de Genève (UNIGE), en collaboration avec leurs collègues de l’Université de Liège.

Albert Fert, lauréat du Prix Nobel de physique 2007, sera accueilli à la Faculté des sciences de l'Université de Genève (UNIGE), le 16 novembre prochain.

"Du feu avec de l’eau" ? Paradoxale, cette image restitue pourtant bien l’exploit que vient d’accomplir une équipe de physiciens de l’Université de Genève (UNIGE), dans le domaine des matériaux électroniques du futur.

Over 100 collaborators from MaNEP and the physics department at UNIGE took part in the organization of the SupraFête, on June 8 to 10.

The ceremony took place on June 23, during which she received a (also very prestigious) watch.

Prof. Jean-Marc Triscone, renowned ferrolectrics specialist, has been appointed « Fellow of the American Physical Society ».

At the 2006 SPS meeting, Patrycja Paruch and Christian Rüegg both received a prize for works achieved while they studied within MaNEP.

During the Dies Academicus of the University of Neuchatel that took place on Saturday November 5, 2005 - in the presence of Charles Kleiber, the State Secretary for Education and Research - Prof. Oystein Fischer received a Honoris Causa Doctorate.

On September 19th, Prof. René Flükiger received an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) Award for 'significant and sustained contributions to applied superconductivity'.

MaNEP's director, professor at UNIGE, received this Norvegian prize (created in 2001 and awarded every second year) for his groundbreaking works in superconductivity.

Graver 1000 encyclopédies Universalis sur la surface d’un seul CD ? Ce sera peut-être possible un jour, grâce aux recherches menées par les physiciens de MaNEP, Pôle d’excellence basé à l’Université de Genève, dont certains tentent de conquérir les matériaux électroniques du...

MaNEP and the DPMC were present at La Nuit de la Science in Geneva, on July 3-4 and had an exhibition stand. The event was a great success thanks to the 22 collaborators who actively participate to the life of the stand.