Apr 1, 2021 | Developing countries
Empa researcher Cristina Dominguez is developing a computer model, which can be used to plan electricity grids in developing countries. To collect data, she travelled to Kenya to get an idea of how people live without...
Mar 31, 2021 | SILVARSTAR: Launch of a new European research project
SILVARSTAR, a two-year European research project funded under the EU's Horizon 2020 program, aims to provide the railway community with software tools and methodologies to assess the noise and vibration environmental...
Mar 29, 2021 | Thurgau Technology Day
Making more targeted use of digital technologies, advancing industrial projects with the new OST Ostschweizer Fachhochschule (Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences) and building a bridge to basic research...
Mar 25, 2021 | "Best employers in Switzerland 2021"
According to a survey conducted by Handelszeitung, Le Temps and Statista, an independent market research institute, Empa is considered the best employer in Switzerland in the category "Education and Research"; overall,...
Mar 23, 2021 | Digitalized road construction
Empa scientists are investigating how roads could be reinforced with simple means and recycled easily after use. Their tools are a robot and a few meters of string.
Mar 18, 2021 | Transparent electronics
Hard times for burglars and safecrackers: Empa researchers have developed an invisible "keypad" made of printed, transparent electronics. Only authorized persons know where to enter the access code.
Mar 15, 2021 | Piezoelectric wood
Researchers at Empa and ETH Zurich have made wood compressible and turned it into a micro-generator. When it is loaded, an electrical voltage is generated. In this way, the wood can serve as a bio-sensor - or generate...
Mar 11, 2021 | New exhibition at the Swiss Museum of Transport
Together with its partners Avenergy Suisse and Hyundai, Empa is presenting a new permanent exhibition on sustainable fuels of the future at the Swiss Museum of Transport starting in March 2021. Among other things, the...