News 2014

Sep 2, 2014 | Management changes at Empa
The beginning of September saw the appointment of two new laboratory heads, with Corsin Battaglia taking over responsibility for the «Materials for Energy Conversion» laboratory and Davide Bleiner taking over as the new...
Aug 27, 2014 | Innovative floor panels
Special new underlay panels will make life easier for open-air enthusiasts. In collaboration with Empa, Supramat-Swiss GmbH has developed a product that protects the ground and prevents mud from forming. Thanks to their...
Aug 26, 2014 | Swiss Textiles Association Innovation Day 2014
Over 250 participants from universities and textile companies gathered on 21st August for this year's Innovation Day of the Swiss Textiles Association, held at Empa Duebendorf. The main topic of discussion was future...
Aug 25, 2014 | NEST: The house of the future
The construction of the modular research and innovation house NEST got underway at its ground-breaking ceremony on August 26. The building’s frame, its “backbone”, should be completed by the end of 2015, upon which the...
Aug 7, 2014 | Research of Empa scientists on the cover of "Nature"
For the first time, researchers at Empa and the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research have succeeded in "growing" single-wall carbon nanotubes (CNT) with a single predefined structure - and hence with identical...
Aug 5, 2014 | Database for Life Cycle Inventories
In March this year, ecoinvent with its Life Cycle Inventory database has taken the step towards independence. The newly founded association is supported by institutions including Empa, Agroscope, the EPF Lausanne, the...
Jul 23, 2014 | EmpaNews 45 published
Empa is in the midst of establishing the Future Mobility Demonstrator on ist Dübendorf campus. This ambitious Projekt should reveal how excess electricity, generated by solar and wind-power, can be converted to fuel in...
22.07.2014 | 11. Sommercamp an der Empa in Dübendorf
Rund 20 Kinder von Empa-Mitarbeitenden nahmen vergangene Woche am Sommercamp teil, das bereits zum elften Mal an dieser Forschungsinstitution stattfand. Neben Laborversuchen, wissenschaftlichen Bastelworkshops und...
Jun 30, 2014 | Nano-coatings release almost no nano-particles
The antibacterial properties of silver-coated textiles are popular in the fields of sport and medicine. A team at Empa has now investigated how different silver coatings behave in the washing machine, and they have...
Jun 18, 2014 | Producing hydrogen with sunlight
All over the world researchers are investigating solar cells which imitate plant photosynthesis, using sunlight and water to create synthetic fuels such as hydrogen. Empa researchers have developed such a...
Jun 16, 2014 | «ONE TWO WE» shows first successes
In November last year Empa became a partner in the climate protection program «ONE TWO WE», established by the catering concern SV group and the environmental organisation WWF. The aim of the program is to reduce...
12.06.2014 | Mobile Nano-Ausstellung in St. Gallen
Die Ausstellung «Expo Nano» ist noch bis zum 4. Juli 2014 an der Empa in St. Gallen zu besichtigen. Am Mittwoch, 18. Juni, um 17 Uhr, findet die zweite öffentliche Vortragsveranstaltung zum Thema „Chancen und Risiken der...
May 28, 2014 | Empa technology for durable spinal disc implants
Artificial joints have a limited lifespan. After a few years, many hip and knee joints have to be replaced. Much more complex are intervertebral disc implants, which cannot easily be replaced after their "expiry date"...
21.05.2014 | Empa-Workshop zu Trends in der Flammschutzforschung
Flammschutzmittel finden sich heutzutage in allerlei Materialien, um diese vor Feuerschäden zu schützen. Doch sie sind nicht immer unbedenklich, einige sogar hochgradig umwelt- und gesundheits-schädlich. Es liegt also an...
May 17, 2014 | «Empa Technology Briefing» on the treatment of chronic bedsores
The latest Empa «Technology Briefing» took place at the end of April in St Gallen, dealing with the the treatment and prevention of chronic sores. Specialists from healthcare sector, science and the med-tech industry...
15.05.2014 | Mobile Nano-Ausstellung in St. Gallen
Vom 26. Mai bis 4. Juli 2014 gastiert die neu entwickelte mobile Ausstellung «Expo Nano» an der Empa in St. Gallen. Die Expo Nano thematisiert Chancen und Risiken der Nanotechnologie und zeigt auf, wo Nanomaterialien...
12 mai 2014 | Les filtres à particules catalysés
La voie vers un air plus propre passe par les filtres à particules et les technologies de réduction catalytique des oxydes d’azote. Cette voie est toutefois semée d’embuches, comme le montre la discussion actuelle au...
May 6, 2014 | Empa technology aboard the Rosetta space probe
In March 2004, the Rosetta orbiter was launched into space to analyse and observe the nucleus and environment of the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Among the equipment on board were highly complex metal ceramic sensors...
Apr 30, 2014 | Miracle cure made from plants
A new, absorbable material from Empa wood research could be of assistance in future oil spill accidents: a chemically modified nanocellulose sponge. The light material absorbs the oil spill, remains floating on the...
Apr 29, 2014 | Environmentally friendly production method for transparent conductive films
Transparent conductive films are now an integral part of our everyday lives. Whether in smartphones, tablets, laptops, flat screens or (on a larger scale) in solar cells. Yet they are expensive and complex to...
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