17.04.2007 | Empa-Forschung «on the road» – Teil II
Am 26. April öffnet die Wanderausstellung «Empa unterwegs» erneut ihre Pforten. Nach dem Besuch von fünf technisch ausgerichteten Hochschulen in den verschiedenen Landesteilen im Herbst 2006 ist sie in diesem Frühjahr an...
16.04.2007 | 33. Empa-Wissenschaftsapéro
Als Mittlerin zwischen Forschungsinstitution und Bevölkerung führte die Empa-Akademie kürzlich am Standort St. Gallen einen Wissenschaftsapéro zum Thema „Krach im Himmel – Was tun gegen Fluglärm?“ durch. Anne Satir,...
Mar 22, 2007 | Japanese material investigation technique applied to historic swords
Japanese swords are considered to be the non plus ultra of the swordsmith’s art. They were (and still are) made of steel folded several thousand times. In contrast to this, ancient European swords were apparently made...
21 mars 2007 | L’Empa force des cadenas de vélos: une protection contre le vol pas toujours efficace
Dans le cas idéal, un cadenas à vélo ne s’ouvre qu’avec sa clé ou sa combinaison exacte. Bien des cyclistes connaissent toutefois la mauvaise surprise de ne plus retrouver leur vélo mais seulement des fragments d’un...
Mar 7, 2007 | Growing need for recycling precious elements in high-tech scrap – often incinerated in poor countries.
Under the auspices of United Nations University (UNU), an international initiative called «Solving the E-Waste Problem» (StEP) is officially launched Wednesday, March 7. Its goals are extending the life of computers and...
Feb 27, 2007 | European Union project GEOMON for the observation of air quality and climatic change
The GEOMON project to be financed over the next four years in the amount of 6.6 million Euro by the European Union, creates a network connecting 38 research establishments in the European Union, Norway, Russia and...
Feb 26, 2007 | Empa technology will keep the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world from severe vibrations
Technology transfer to the Far East: in January Empa researcher Felix Weber and his industrial partners tested for the first time their newly developed, smart cable damping system on site. The “smart” damping system...
Feb 22, 2007 | International symposium as "launch pad" for the new Empa lab
Researchers and industry representatives met at Empa on Friday at the international «Hydrogen & Energy» symposium organized by the laboratory of the same name in order to compare notes on the progress of work in the...