Oct 22, 2024 | A walk in the park – almost
The newly completed expansion of the Empa and Eawag research campus, co-operate, was proudly presented to the public at an open lab day in mid-September. Shortly beforehand, we went on a walk to highlight what makes the...
Oct 17, 2024 | Energy Days at the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne
How can we successfully shape the energy transition? Where do we stand today, and how do children envision a sustainable future? Answers to these and many more questions can be found during the Energy Days at the Swiss...
Oct 15, 2024 | Empa Entrepreneur Fellowship
Drones for firefighting, surgical laser tissue soldering with robots and software for intelligent energy management: This year, three Empa researchers have been awarded an Empa Entrepreneur Fellowship to develop...
Oct 10, 2024 | “Friends of Empa” successfully launched
Empa wants to further strengthen its dialog with the interested public. To this end, it launched a new initiative called “Friends of Empa” on the Open Day - which met with great interest.
Oct 8, 2024 | Intercontinental knowledge transfer
In summer 2024, the South African government published a strategy paper on the management of e-waste, which was developed in collaboration with Empa. This is the first time the country has issued standardized guidelines...
Oct 1, 2024 | Nanoceramics: novel treatment for skin diseases
Widespread skin diseases such as psoriasis or neurodermatitis are difficult to treat. Together with an industrial partner, Empa researchers have found an innovative solution: Nanoceramic "stars" create tiny skin lesions...
Sep 26, 2024 | Empa Zukunftsfonds
Many people suffer from spinal defects, which are often associated with degenerative diseases. The causes are still largely unknown. To change this, Empa researchers from the Center for X-Ray Analytics are investigating...
Sep 25, 2024 | Kick-off for new EU-funded project
STEPLESS, a project funded under Horizon Europe, aims at lowering the environmental footprint during an aircraft's final approach operations. The project started on September 1, 2024, for a duration of 30 months with an...
Sep 24, 2024 | Seed capital and (more) customers for Empa spin-off
Perovskia Solar has won more than ten leading companies from the Internet of Things (IoT) industry as customers and received over two million Swiss francs in seed capital. The multi-award-winning Empa spin-off prints...
Sep 19, 2024 | Production of solar fuels
The ETH spin-off Synhelion has recently inaugurated the world's first industrial plant for the production of solar fuels in Germany. The heart of the plant contains a piece of Empa technology: Together with Synhelion,...
Sep 17, 2024 | Successful Open Lab Days
Last Saturday, Empa and Eawag opened their doors to the public. Around 7000 guests visited the campus in Dübendorf, exchanged ideas with the researchers and learned how the research of today is shaping the world of...
Sep 16, 2024 | Empa and EPFL establish a joint research lab
Empa researcher Mirko Kovac has been Professor of Sustainability Robotics at EPFL's School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering since September 1. The professorship and the associated Laboratory of...
Sep 13, 2024 | Towards a sustainable and competitive battery value chain in Europe
The Horizon 2020 SOLiDIFY consortium, comprised of 14 European partners, has developed a high-performance lithium-metal solid-state battery. The prototype battery, manufactured in a state-of-the-art battery lab at...
Sep 10, 2024 | A shaker for construction research
Multi-storey timber buildings are extremely popular. To prevent them from being damaged by strong winds or earthquakes, sufficient bracing must be provided in the supporting structure. Computer calculations provide the...
Sep 5, 2024 | Open Lab Day at Empa in Dübendorf
How does this actually work – research? What are scientists developing in their labs? And what is it like to be a researcher, scientist or engineer? Answers to these questions and more will be provided at Empa's Open Lab...
Sep 2, 2024 | Artwork on campus: Not to Get Lost
On the Empa and Eawag campus in Dübendorf, artist Julian Charrière has created an installation with boulders of different origins, sizes and compositions. The stones are connected by metallic stone wedges that run...
Aug 29, 2024 | STEP2: New NEST unit inaugurated
A digitally manufactured staircase that winds its way up to the second floor. A wafer-thin, perforated concrete ceiling that absorbs sound. Floor and wall materials made from recycled waste. The latest unit in the NEST...
Aug 27, 2024 | New leadership for department Engineering Sciences
The Empa Directorate has appointed Peter Richner's successor in his role as Head of Department. Energy and building technology expert Matthias Sulzer will take over as Head of Department Engineering Sciences as of...
Aug 26, 2024 | The singing Tesla coil
A Tesla coil that makes music besides flashes of lightning? No problem for Silvio Müller and Yanis Strüby, apprentice physics laboratory technicians at Empa. With their singing Tesla coil, they won both the jury and the...
Aug 23, 2024 | Buildings as carbon sinks
With its new research initiative Mining the Atmosphere, Empa is proposing nothing less than a paradigm shift: from a CO2-emitting to a CO2-binding society. The greenhouse gas is to be used as a valuable material – for...