Empa Quarterly – our Research Magazine

What are the hot topics in research and technology? What is Empa’s role in all of this? How are inventions from the lab turned into innovations that succeed in the market Empa Quarterly, our magazine for research and innovation, provides answers to these questions with interviews, portraits and exciting reports from our labs.

# 86 / December 2024 / Focus: Green Technology
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Wood is the raw material of the future. It is abundant in Switzerland, is renewable and binds carbon dioxide as it grows. And it is much more versatile than you might think. Empa researchers make wood glow or produce “green electronics” from cellulose fibers, for example environmental sensors or even batteries. They are also analyzing and optimizing the use of wood in Switzerland so that we can use this natural material as sustainably and climate-effectively as possible in the future.

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