Mar 10, 2022 | ETH Zurich appoints Empa researcher
ETH Zurich has awarded Empa researcher Daniele Passerone the title of professor. He has been working at Empa since 2006 and heads the "Atomistic Simulations" team of Empa's nanotech@surfaces laboratory.
Mar 10, 2022 | Nanomedicine
Radiation therapy is one of the cornerstones of cancer therapy. However, some types of tumor respond little or hardly at all to radiation. If it were possible to make tumor cells more sensitive, treatment would be more...
Mar 9, 2022 | Data-driven agriculture
The growth in the global demand for food has driven farmers to pick up data-driven tools in tandem with their traditional farming equipment. By doing so, they hope to increase their future yields and profits. However,...
Mar 8, 2022 | International Women's Day
Empa has been committed to creating equal opportunities for women and men for several decades. On the occasion of International Women's Day on March 8, 2022, the institution presents seven women from research whose...
Mar 3, 2022 | Swissloop and Swissloop tunneling
Ultra-fast capsules in vacuum tubes: All around the world, companies and research institutes are working on "Hyperloop" concepts. Swissloop Tunneling, a student initiative, is developing a drilling machine for...
Mar 2, 2022 | Rescue operation
Empa researcher and ETH professor Maksym Kovalenko drove from Zurich to Moldova to evacuate his mother and mother-in-law from war-torn Ukraine to safety in Switzerland. In an interview, the Ukrainian-born professor talks...
Mar 1, 2022 | Using waste heat of data centers
A newly installed data center in the NEST research building is not only used for data processing, but also helps to heat the entire building. The server system is part of the international EU research project ECO-Qube,...
Feb 28, 2022 | Statement of solidarity
The ETH Board as well as the six institutions of the ETH Domain – the two Federal Institutes of Technology ETH Zurich and EPFL and the four research institutes Empa, PSI, WSL and Eawag – reaffirm their full solidarity...