Aug 5, 2015 | Detailed life cycle assessments for industrial products of the future
Crackpot idea or recipe for success? This is a question entrepreneurs often face. Is it worth converting the production process to a new, ecologically better material? Empa has developed an analysis method that enables...
Jul 29, 2015 | Useful things from gelatine
ETH and Empa researchers have developed a yarn from ordinary gelatine that has good qualities similar to those of merino wool fibres. Now they are working on making the yarn even more water-resistant.
Jul 22, 2015 | THRIVE sets its sights on waste heat
As part of the National Research Program “Energy Turnaround” NRP 70 the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) is supporting the interdisciplinary research project “THRIVE”. With IBM Research – Zurich and the...
16.07.2015 | Empa Sommercamp 2015
Normalerweise ist die Empa Arbeitsplatz für die «Grossen». Doch in der Woche vom 13.–17. Juli 2015 war die Empa auch etwas für die «Kleinen». Am Standort Dübendorf fand nämlich das alljährliche Sommercamp für...