May 15, 2008 | «Venture 2008»-Prize awarded to Optotune
Last Wednesday at ETH Zurich, the winners of the business plan competition «Venture 2008» were announced. Ten of 101 business plans were distinguished and the winner amongst them, receiving prize money of 60,000 Swiss...
May 14, 2008 | NanoEco – Empa organizes international meeting on nanoparticles in the environment
Recently over a hundred scientists from all over the world met at Empa’s invitation on the «Mountain of Truth» – Monte Verità near Ascona – to discuss the effects of synthetic nanoparticles on the environment. Although...
May 8, 2008 | Functional polymers light up
Screens made of innovative organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) based on flexible rather than brittle materials hold the key to novel products such as roll-up screens or GPS displays on jacket sleeves. In a project...
Apr 25, 2008 | Empa continues to develop its networks within the Swiss research community as well as internationally
Cutting edge research and innovative developments usually have several «fathers». Research institutions seeking international acclaim must have intensive cooperation with widely branched expert networks. In the past...
Mar 31, 2008 | ETH/Empa Team awarded «Best Paper 2007» in Environmental Sciences field
Every year the scientific journal «Environmental Science & Technology» selects the best scientific works in the fields of environmental science, technology and policy from the over 1200 papers it publishes. The chosen...
Mar 12, 2008 | Applied research serving the environment
More and more commercial organizations want information about the environmental effects of their products and activities. The tool they use is life-cycle assessment, a process which helps to quantify the resources...
06.03.2008 | Fritz Schiesser an der Empa
Fritz Schiesser, der seit Anfang Januar 2008 amtierende Präsident des ETH-Rats, besuchte am 6. März die Empa, um sie «persönlich kennen zu lernen». Empa-Direktor Louis Schlapbach begrüsste den ehemaligen Glarner...
04.03.2008 | Spezialausgabe der Fachzeitschrift «Vacuum» zum Thema Energie
Die Fachzeitschrift «Vacuum» widmet ihre März-Ausgabe in Form einer Spezialausgabe dem Thema der Reduktion des Energieverbrauches mit Hilfe von vakuumbasierten Technologien.