Sep 14, 2022 | Falling walls 2022
Which are the next walls to fall in science and society? Guided by this question, the brightest minds in the international scientific community submitted their groundbreaking projects for the prestigious "Falling Walls...
Sep 8, 2022 | Empa Sommercamp 2022
Freude, Forschung und Freundschaften standen beim diesjährigen Sommercamp der Empa auf dem Programm. Während die Eltern in den Büros und Labors arbeiteten, versuchten sich 16 Kinder im Primarschulalter während einer...
Sep 6, 2022 | Successful technology transfer
The Empa spinoff CTsystems AG is acquired by Daetwyler, a company specializing in elastomer components. The partners see great market potential for a wide range of applications in industrial-scale stack actuators, the...
Sep 1, 2022 | Empa spin-off viboo
With energy prices soaring, heating costs will also inevitably rise in the coming winter. In order to mitigate this, solutions for operating buildings more efficiently are needed. The Empa spin-off viboo has developed an...
Aug 30, 2022 | Sensors and actuators of the future
Sustainable electronic components can be made from wood with the help of a novel process that uses a laser to engrave electrically conductive structures on veneers. A research team at Empa and at ETH’s Institute for...
Aug 25, 2022 | Empa at the Digital Days 2022
This year, Empa will once again be taking part in the Swiss Digital Days with various activities - with exciting insights into different research topics. At the opening event on September 5 in Bern, for example, a new...
Aug 23, 2022 | Aerogel Architecture Award 2022
In early August 2022, the Aerogel Architecture Award was presented at Empa for the second time. The winning project comes from Germany, while buildings from Switzerland take second and third place. They all impressively...
Aug 17, 2022 | Pioneering project on the traffic of the future
Empa, together with EBP and Fussverkehr Schweiz, analyzed in spring 2022 in Thalwil (ZH) how pedestrians react to automated vehicles. The automated parking assistant that had been used is the first system approved in...