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Research Management - Environment - 11.07.2022
Support for the journey to CO2-negative cement
Support for the journey to CO2-negative cement

Materials Science - Life Sciences - 30.06.2022
Making better use of sugar beet - thanks to Empa know-how
More than 250 million metric tons of sugar beet were harvested worldwide in 2020 and processed into table sugar.

Chemistry - Environment - 28.06.2022
Aiming at an industry without CO2 emissions
Aiming at an industry without CO2 emissions
On 20 June, the Association for the Decarbonization of Industry with representatives from industry, energy suppliers, the financial sector and research adopted a joint strategy with the aim of developing holistic approaches for CO2 cuts in industrial applications that can rapidly be implemented. The focus is on high-temperature processes and logistics.

Environment - Innovation - 24.06.2022
Spinning a network to promote Power-to-X
Spinning a network to promote Power-to-X
On Thursday, 23 June, stakeholders from research, business, administration and politics met at the Zurich Innovation Park in Dübendorf for the first meeting of the newly created SPIN platform for the promotion of Power-to-X technologies.

Research Management - Innovation - 21.06.2022
New Paths in Fundraising
New Paths in Fundraising

Innovation - 31.05.2022
A farewell with surprises
A farewell with surprises

Transport - Environment - 27.05.2022
Synfuels: A solution for historic vehicles?
Synfuels: A solution for historic vehicles?
Synthetic fuels can make a contribution to achieving climate targets. But can they be used in conventional combustion engines without any problems? This question is being investigated by Empa in collaboration with the Swiss car importer AMAG.

Innovation - Materials Science - 24.05.2022
Research in the service of Switzerland
Research in the service of Switzerland
"How to best serve Switzerland" - that is the question behind numerous research projects and innovations from the institutions of the ETH Domain, said Michael Hengartner, President of the ETH Board, on the fringes of the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Innovation - 20.05.2022
Diversity as the basis for creativity and innovation
Diversity as the basis for creativity and innovation

Materials Science - Career - 19.05.2022
New professorships for researchers
New professorships for researchers

Environment - Sport - 10.05.2022
Playing for climate protection
Playing for climate protection
If Switzerland wants to achieve its goal of being climate neutral by 2050, there are still many hurdles to overcome.

Materials Science - 02.05.2022
Charcoal cooling blanket for fruit and veggie storage
Charcoal cooling blanket for fruit and veggie storage

Materials Science - 28.04.2022
Twelve-stroke engine
Twelve-stroke engine

Innovation - Materials Science - 25.04.2022
Focus on people
Focus on people
Empa's Annual Report 2021 leads 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.

Innovation - Materials Science - 20.04.2022
'co-operate' times two
’co-operate’ times two

Environment - Innovation - 11.04.2022
'CO2 must be fairly priced'
’CO2 must be fairly priced’
Empa is working intensively on solutions to reach the climate targets and is starting on its own doorstep. The new research campus currently under construction - co-operate - will be geared to minimizing greenhouse gas emissions thanks to innovative technologies and with as little compensation as possible in the form of certificates.

Physics - Materials Science - 11.04.2022
An eye for the smallest things
An eye for the smallest things
As head of Empa's Electron Microscopy Center, Rolf Erni has to balance many tasks: negotiating industrial contracts, promoting young scientists, teaching, supporting researchers at other Empa labs.

Agronomy / Food Science - Computer Science - 05.04.2022
Reducing food insecurity in Nigeria
Reducing food insecurity in Nigeria
Empa and BASE (Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy) launched a data-science driven mobile app that aims to minimize the loss of food production and lower greenhouse gas emissions by enabling access to cooling facilities and allowing smallholder farmers to monitor the shelf-life of their produce.

Materials Science - Environment - 31.03.2022
CircuBAT improves eco-balance of e-mobility
CircuBAT improves eco-balance of e-mobility
The research project CircuBAT aims to create a circular business model for the production, application and recycling of lithium-ion batteries used for mobility purposes. Seven Swiss research institutions and 24 companies are joining forces to look for ways to boost sustainability in all stages of a battery's life cycle.

Mechanical Engineering - 22.03.2022
The Comprex charger is back
The Comprex charger is back

Career - 18.03.2022
Equal pay analysis 2020: gratifying results
Equal pay analysis 2020: gratifying results

Environment - Microtechnics - 18.03.2022
ProteusDrone: A shape-shifting soft drone
ProteusDrone: A shape-shifting soft drone

Transport - 14.03.2022
Speed limit 30 - less noise?
Speed limit 30 - less noise?
Kurt Heutschi, a senior scientist in Empa's Acoustics / Noise Control lab, explains what noise does and why we perceive sound so differently.

Physics - Materials Science - 10.03.2022
Titular professorship for Daniele Passerone
Titular professorship for Daniele Passerone

Innovation - 08.03.2022
Better results through equal opportunities
Better results through equal opportunities
Empa has been committed to creating equal opportunities for women and men for several decades.

Innovation - Campus - 03.03.2022
Las Vegas breakthrough
Las Vegas breakthrough
Ultra-fast capsules in vacuum tubes: All around the world, companies and research institutes are working on "Hyperloop" concepts.

Campus - 02.03.2022
Ukrainian ETH professor drives 68 hours to rescue his mother
Ukrainian ETH professor drives 68 hours to rescue his mother

Environment - 01.03.2022
How data processing can heat buildings
How data processing can heat buildings
A newly installed data center in the NEST research building is not only used for data processing, but also helps to heat the entire building.

Environment - 28.02.2022
ETH Domain institutions reaffirm solidarity with Ukraine
ETH Domain institutions reaffirm solidarity with Ukraine

Materials Science - Innovation - 23.02.2022
Tanja Zimmermann takes over as head of Empa
Tanja Zimmermann takes over as head of Empa

Environment - Electroengineering - 17.02.2022
What will a CO2-neutral Switzerland cost us?
What will a CO2-neutral Switzerland cost us?

Environment - Physics - 11.02.2022
Harnessing wind and sun to counter high-emission electricity imports
Switzerland aims to become climate-neutral by 2050 - in other words, to stop emitting greenhouse gases (GHGs). Many strategies on this path to "net zero" involve replacing fossil fuels with electricity - in mobility in the form of electric vehicles and in buildings in the form of heat pumps. In Switzerland, most of the electricity required today comes from nuclear and hydroelectric power plants - technologies with a low carbon footprint.

Materials Science - Innovation - 08.02.2022
Building lean pays off
Building lean pays off
Super-insulating materials such as aerogels are expensive. At the same time, they offer a powerful advantage: the thinner the insulation of a building, the larger its usable area.

Career - Environment - 01.02.2022
Using co-working spaces to recycle e-waste sustainably
Using co-working spaces to recycle e-waste sustainably
An Indo-Swiss research team led by researchers is developing an ecological and solidarity-based business model that reduces the environmental impact of e-waste recycling.

Physics - Materials Science - 31.01.2022
Carbon nanomaterials for future quantum technologies
Carbon nanomaterials for future quantum technologies
Twelve years of intense work are now bearing fruit - researchers at Empa have developed unique carbon materials with quite astonishing, hitherto unattained electronic and magnetic properties, which one day could be used to build quantum computers with novel architectures.

Transport - Computer Science - 20.01.2022
Operating truck fleets with lowest possible emissions
Operating truck fleets with lowest possible emissions
The navigation software group HERE is taking over a software tool developed by Migros and Empa and making it available worldwide.

Architecture - Event - 19.01.2022
Aerogel Architecture Award 2022

Electroengineering - Physics - 18.01.2022
Mini electricity generator from quantum dots
Mini electricity generator from quantum dots

Innovation - Architecture - 11.01.2022
Optimizing indoor temperatures - thanks to AI

Materials Science - Environment - 04.01.2022
Ecological coating for Bananas
Ecological coating for Bananas
Empa and Lidl Switzerland have jointly developed a cellulose protective coating for fruit and vegetables. The novel coating is made from so-called pomace - squeezed fruit and vegetable peels. The innovative project can reduce packaging and prevent food waste. Plastic packaging in grocery stores protects fruits and vegetables from spoilage, but also creates significant amounts of waste.

Environment - 16.12.2021
Rethinking Switzerland's built infrastructure
Rethinking Switzerland’s built infrastructure
Buildings, roads, railways, supply and disposal networks and much more: The entire Swiss built environment is as complex as its challenges for the future - due to climate change, natural hazards, population growth and other factors.

Environment - 16.12.2021
On the road
On the road

Innovation - Campus - 15.12.2021
Las Vegas breakthrough
Las Vegas breakthrough
Ultra-fast capsules in vacuum tubes: All around the world, companies and research institutes are working on "Hyperloop" concepts.

Materials Science - Innovation - 15.12.2021
Building lean pays off
Building lean pays off
Super-insulating materials such as aerogels are expensive. At the same time, they offer a powerful advantage: the thinner the insulation of a building, the larger its usable area.

Materials Science - Economics - 15.12.2021
Silence on the tracks
Silence on the tracks
Noise barriers or improved wheel systems and brakes that are less noisy are not the only ways to reduce railway noise for close-by residents. An inconspicuous component under the tracks is a source of hope for a research team including scientists. Railway noise is unhealthy. Hundreds of millions of Swiss francs have already been invested in noise barriers, quieter braking systems and other measures with the goal to protect at least 80 percent of the Swiss population from emissions by the year 2025 - but because railway traffic will continue to increase, a lot remains to be done.

Transport - 15.12.2021
Speed limit 30 - less noise?
Speed limit 30 - less noise?
Kurt Heutschi, a senior scientist in Empa's Acoustics / Noise Control lab, explains what noise does and why we perceive sound so differently.

Materials Science - Health - 15.12.2021
In the heat of the wound
In the heat of the wound
A bandage that releases medication as soon as an infection starts in a wound could treat injuries more efficiently. researchers are currently working on polymer fibers that soften as soon as the environment heats up due to an infection, thereby releasing antimicrobial drugs. It is not possible to tell from the outside whether a wound will heal without problems under the dressing or whether bacteria will penetrate the injured tissue and ignite an inflammation.

Materials Science - Health - 15.12.2021
News from the lab
News from the lab

Environment - Mechanical Engineering - 15.12.2021
The combustion engine is not yet dead
The combustion engine is not yet dead
A lot has happened in 2021: In January, the Swiss government adopted the "Long-Term Climate Strategy for Switzerland" with the goal of net zero by 2050.

Materials Science - Health - 14.12.2021
A polymer patch for the abdominal cavity
A polymer patch for the abdominal cavity
Operations on the digestive tract involve particularly high risks. To enable wounds on the intestinal wall to be sealed tightly in the future, Empa researcher Alexandre Anthis has developed a patch that prevents dangerous leaks.