Apr 9, 2018 | 9th VERT Forum at Empa
It is exactly 20 years since experts from Empa and VERT published the first test results on diesel particle filters. Today, more than 100 million vehicles worldwide are fitted with such filters. However, a VERT...
Mar 26, 2018 | New book on fungal diseases of urban trees
Trees can get sick too. In urban areas, this usually means that the infested tree has to be felled for safety reasons. Empa researcher Francis Schwarze is familiar with wood and fungal pathogens and has developed methods...
Mar 22, 2018 | Digital prefabricated timber modules for "DFAB HOUSE"
Researchers from ETH Zurich are using a new method for digital timber construction in a real-world project for the first time. The load-bearing timber modules, which are prefabricated by robots, will be assembled in the...
Mar 20, 2018 | ETH Zurich awards Katharina Maniura title of Professor
ETH Zurich awarded Katharina Maniura, Head of Empa's lab "Biointerfaces", the title of Professor on 8 March 2018. Maniura and her team at Empa's St. Gallen site are investigating natural interfaces between biological...