Jun 7, 2012 | Hydrogen as a fuel
Hydrogen created using renewable energy sources is a form of power which could free us from our dependency on oil, gas and coal. When hydrogen is used to generate power it produces no CO2 as an unwanted byproduct....
May 29, 2012 | Fiber Society Meeting at Empa
Around 200 textile research professionals met at the end of May in St Gallen at the international Fiber Society Spring Conference to keep abreast of current trends in research and development in this field. The host...
May 14, 2012 | Functional working clothes
In order to test the new «smart» protective vest, an experimenter wearing one has jogged several kilometers on the treadmill in a climate-controlled chamber at Empa. During the jog he lost 544 grams in weight through...
Apr 25, 2012 | Innovations on the market
In June a monitoring system is becoming commercially available that will allow nursing staff to accurately record the mobility of bedridden persons. The system has been developed for the prevention of bedsores by...
10 avr. 2012 | Eliminatoires suisses pour la Physic-Worldcup
Pourquoi une balle de golf peut-elle rebondir hors du trou sur le green? C’est sur de tels problèmes que se sont affrontés à l’Empa à la fin du mois de mars lors du «Swiss Young Physicists‘ Tournament» des gymnasiennes...
Mar 27, 2012 | Wood Research Symposium
For 75 years Empa has been conducting research on all aspects relating to wood. Beginning with an investigation into the properties of various types of indigenous woods, today this has grown into a research area with...
Mar 19, 2012 | Next conferences to be held in China, India, Africa and Latin America
Against the backdrop of the multiple crises of the past years - financial, food and energy - the World Resources Forum announced today an expansion of its activities. On top of the successful bi-annual events in Davos,...
Mar 15, 2012 | «Best Paper»-Award
Every year, the editors of the scientific journal «Environmental Science & Technology», select the best papers among their peer-reviewed contributions, which numbered more than 1500 in 2011 alone. This year, a...