News 2012

Mar 13, 2012 | Hydrogen-powered utility vehicle moves from Basel to St. Gallen
Since 2009, a hydrogen powered street cleaning vehicle has been undergoing testing on the streets of Basel. The project is intended to take hydrogen drives out of the laboratory and onto the streets in order to gain...
Feb 24, 2012 | CFC substitutes: good for the ozone layer, bad for the climate
The Montreal Protocol led to a global phase-out of most substances that deplete the ozone layer, such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). A happy side-effect of the gradual ban of these products is that the Earth’s climate...
Feb 21, 2012 | Innovative incontinence briefs offer security in everyday life
Scientists at Empa have worked with the industrial partner Incosan GmbH to develop a multi-layer pad and special briefs to make daily life easier for people suffering from incontinence. The products recently came onto...
14 févr. 2012 | «Technology Briefing» la nanotechnologie dans le domaine cleantech
Comment une approche nanotechnologique permet-elle d’améliorer rapidement et efficacement des procédés et des produits dans le domaine cleantech actuellement en plein essor et de conquérir ainsi de nouveaux marchés? Une...
Feb 13, 2012 | UN report finds imports of waste electronics from Europe exacerbate E-waste problem in Africa
West Africa faces a rising tide of E-waste generated by domestic consumption of new and used electrical and electronic equipment, according to a new United Nations report. Domestic consumption makes up the majority (up...
Feb 13, 2012 | Startling results in synthetic chemistry presented in «Nature Chemistry»
Swiss scientists have created a minor sensation in synthetic chemistry. The team of scientists from ETH Zurich and Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, succeeded for the first time...
Jan 30, 2012 | «Technology Briefing» on the scarcity of raw materials
It is not just in laptop computers, mobile telephones and LED screens that scarce metals are to be found but also in solar cells, batteries for mobile technologies and many other similar applications. The rising demand...
Jan 23, 2012 | Empa-«Technology Briefing»: Fiber-reinforced composites
Automobiles made of steel suffer from a weight problem, and racing yachts made of steel have no chance of winning regattas. Fiber-reinforced composites offer an alternative which has spread rapidly in the transport...
Jan 15, 2012 | An anatomically designed seat developed for wheelchairs encourages user movement
Empa engineers, together with the firm «r going», have succeeded in developing an ergonomic seat for electric wheelchairs which encourages the user to move around frequently. True to the motto «life is movement » the aim...
Jan 10, 2012 | Planning of Empa’s building laboratory in full swing
Buildings are here to stay for a long time, but it is exactly this point that hinders experimentation on them. With its «NEST» building laboratory, Empa offers a way out of this dilemma. In NEST, only the supporting...
Jan 4, 2012 | 20 years of industrial computer tomography at Empa
Empa is one of the leading institutions in the field of industrial computer tomography as a result of its many years of experience. And it is not only technical components such as cylinder heads and batteries which find...
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