Apr 5, 2016 | FOCUS: Wood – a new discovery
Wood has one particular property that tends to cause problems: it swells when it gets wet. As this occurs according to strict rules, however, a team of Empa researchers is looking to produce wooden building components...
Apr 5, 2016 | New manufacturing process for electroactive polymers
Researchers from Empa and the University of Basel developed a new method of electrospraying which enables artificial muscles to be fabricated from nanometer-thin silicone layers. Since muscles of this type can operate at...
Apr 5, 2016 | FOCUS: Wood – a new discovery
Enzymes from fungi, bacteria and plants render wood resistant to decomposing and pathogenic microorganisms. Possible applications might be germ-resistant wood surfaces for hospitals and nursing homes, but also...
Apr 5, 2016 | Air analyses at the end of the world
Levels of greenhouse gas CO2 continue to rise and are about to exceed the next threshold. Empa makes sure that this and other air pollutants can be measured correctly and in a globally comparable way. To do this, Empa...