Dec 23, 2014 | EmpaNews 47 published
Using adhesive tape and graphite as it is found in pencil lead, two physicists proved that graphene, the “miracle material of the future”, actually exists – and won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work only a few...
Dec 19, 2014 | Cantonal Fire Insurers Association takes over Fire Technology Laboratory
At the beginning of this year Empa announced that it was seeking a new source of financial support for the future operation of its Fire Technology Laboratory. The Swiss Association of Cantonal Fire Insurance Underwriters...
Dec 16, 2014 | Materials for the building industry
When the frame of a pair of glasses is bent out of shape, it's not that easy to return it to its original form. If, however, your spectacles are made of a shape memory alloy then you don't have a problem. Just place the...
Dec 10, 2014 | Sustainable innovations using nanotechnology: info for companies
The LICARA guidelines are geared towards small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from all branches of industry, and help weigh up the pros and cons of nanomaterials and make decisions on their use. The guidelines also...
Nov 27, 2014 | Package of measures to increase energy efficiency presented
The ETH Domain - to which Empa belongs to - is actively embracing its function as a role model for implementing the Energy Strategy 2050.
Nov 18, 2014 | Award for moth-eye solar cells
The US journal Foreign Policy has named Empa researchers Artur Braun, Florent Boudoire, Rita Toth and Jakob Heier, and Edwin Constable from the University of Basel in the innovation category on the list of 100 Leading...
Nov 13, 2014 | Swiss scientific community against isolationism
Swiss scientists are taking a stand: The Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences have issued a warning about the Ecopop initiative and its impact on Switzerland as a centre for research. Adoption of the initiative would...
Nov 6, 2014 | Consequences of climate change
As glaciers increasingly melt in the wake of climate change, it is not only the landscape that is affected. Thawing glaciers also release many industrial pollutants stored in the ice into the environment. Now, within the...