Dec 14, 2006 | Empa-Medtech development transferred to industrial partner
Multiple sclerosis is an incurable nervous disease which causes paralysis in many sufferers. However thanks to early diagnosis and modern medical treatment and support many MS patients are still able to lead a...
Dec 12, 2006 | Materials research symposium in honor of retiring Empa Board Member Walter Muster
Thirty five years ago Walter Muster commissioned Empa’s first scanning electron microscope, in order to be able to investigate materials with the highest possible resolution. Today the institute has about a dozen...
Dec 6, 2006 | 9th Empa Textile Conference on Functional Fibers
They lead light and electricity, are smell-reducing and biocompatible – the functional fibers, much sought after in medicine, industry, fashion and sport. Until they are, however, ready for commercial application, some...
01.12.2006 | Dank molekularer Selbstorganisation zu regelmässigen Nanostrukturen
Schon seit geraumer Zeit untersuchen PhysikerInnen, wie Oberflächen beschaffen sein müssen, damit sich Moleküle darauf in bestimmten Mustern anordnen. Ihr Ziel: Die Moleküle sollen auf der präparierten Oberfläche...