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Environmental pollution

Poison source in the idyll

Oct 19, 2021 | Sediments in the Spöl, a small river in the very south of the canton Graubünden, are contaminated with PCBs. The chemicals originate from a 50-year-old anti-corrosion coating of a hydroelectric power plant in an upstream dam; they are transported and...
Quantum Magnetism

Exotic magnetic states in miniature dimensions

Oct 14, 2021 | Led by scientists at Empa and the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, an international team of researchers from Switzerland, Portugal, Germany, and Spain have succeeded in building carbon-based quantum spin chains, where they captured th...
Partnership with University of British Columbia

Research cooperation on sustainable biomaterials

Oct 13, 2021 | With the signing of a statement of cooperation, the BioProducts Institute at the University of British Columbia (BPI) and Empa are celebrating a new partnership to promote innovation and collaboration, furthering joint developments in the field of bi...
 
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