May 16, 2018 | The Master of Aerogels
Research should set things in motion. This is the motto of Matthias Koebel, Head of Empa’s Building Energy Materials and Components lab. The chemist has ambitious goals and successfully combines an inquisitive spirit...
May 7, 2018 | Window glass with special properties
Summer. Blue sky. Sunshine. But you don't notice much of it in the office or in your home, because the blinds block the view so that the heat stays outside. This scenario could soon be a thing of the past: EPFL...
May 3, 2018 | Empa’s Annual Report 2017 now online
We hope to lead you on a gripping journey through the world of research and innovation; you may be surprised at how broad the term "applied research" is defined at Empa.
May 2, 2018 | Cover story in "Rapid Comm in Mass Spectrometry"
The average sea temperature is an essential parameter of the global climate – but it is very difficult to measure. At least until now, because an international team of researchers including Empa scientists have now...
Apr 30, 2018 | New materials for sustainable, low-cost batteries
The energy transition depends on technologies that allow the inexpensive temporary storage of electricity from renewable sources. A promising new candidate is aluminium batteries, which are made from cheap and abundant...
Apr 26, 2018 | ProSUM project
Last year Empa’s inorganic analytics lab was granted the status of “Reference Laboratory” within the scope of the ProSUM project, funded by the EU. Fine-grained samples of shredder waste from scrapped cars, e-waste or...
Apr 23, 2018 | University of Freiburg appoints Empa researcher
Antonia Neels, head of the Centre for X-ray Analytics at Empa, has been appointed titular professor by the University of Freiburg. She gives lectures in the Materials master module on applied crystallography in Freiburg....
Apr 20, 2018 | Swiss Universities of Applied Sciences and Empa design a first of its kind
The eDumper dump truck is the largest electric vehicle in the world and will be in operation in a quarry in Péry in the Bernese Jura from 20 April. Together with industry partners, the Bern University of Applied Sciences...