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New NABEL station in Dübendorf

More effective monitoring of air quality

Sep 23, 2020 | Air quality in Switzerland has improved but is still not good enough. To continue the monitoring of air pollutants which has taken place for many years in Dübendorf, canton Zurich, federal government has opened a new station as part of its National A...
Solid-State Batteries

Ceramic thin films for mini batteries

Sep 21, 2020 | Empa researchers have achieved a milestone in the search for a solid electrolyte, the conductive medium for future solid-state batteries. On the one hand, this material must be highly conductive for lithium ions, and on the other hand manufacturing c...
Circuits on all kinds of material

The Transistor out of the Printer

Sep 10, 2020 | A new revolution in the production of electronic circuits is on the way: Empa researchers are working on electronics that come out of printers. This makes it possible to produce the circuits on all sorts of substrates, such as paper or plastic film –...
Mit vereinten Kräften für sichere Masken

Projekt ReMask

The current issue of Empa Quarterly presents fresh ideas from Empa's labs, which, with their innovative power, can help successfully overcome these turbulent times – from new fabrication methods such as alloys created during the manufacturing process to electronics from the printer. Read the latest issue online.

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