Nov 20, 2024 | NEST-Unit «DroneHub» inaugurated
Flying robots capable of inspecting and repairing building envelopes, interacting with natural ecosystems, and monitoring climate change and biodiversity are being developed and tested at the DroneHub at Empa's NEST....
Nov 14, 2024 | Soft robotics
Robots that can sense touch and perceive temperature differences? An unexpected material might just make this a reality. At Empa's Laboratory for High-Performance Ceramics, researchers are developing soft and intelligent...
Nov 12, 2024 | NEST-Unit «STEP2»: Empa and BASF team up
In addition to individual research projects with companies, Empa also enters into strategic, long-term industrial partnerships. The cooperation with BASF is an excellent example of this: Starting with a project on the...
Nov 11, 2024 | Falling Walls 2024
With the annual interdisciplinary science festival Falling Walls, the international research elite is fostering the dialog between science and society on the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9. This...
Nov 7, 2024 | From science to industry
How do innovations get out of the lab and into the wider world? There are different ways, summarized under the term technology transfer. In this interview, Marlen Müller, Head of Knowledge and Technology Transfer at...
Nov 4, 2024 | Empa Innovation Award 2024
The Empa Innovation Award recognizes outstanding projects that bridge the gap between the laboratory and industry. This year, a team of researchers from Empa and ETH Zurich is being honored for an innovative sensor...
Oct 31, 2024 | One step closer to quantum technologies
Quantum technologies exploit the unusual properties of the most fundamental building blocks of matter. They promise breakthroughs in communication, computing, sensors and much more. However, quantum states are fragile,...
Oct 28, 2024 | Alzheimer's research
In dementia diseases such as Alzheimer's, incorrectly folded proteins accumulate in the brain. Empa researchers have now resolved a particularly active species of protein fibrils with unprecedented precision. The...
Oct 24, 2024 | Salt batteries
Originally developed for electric cars, nowadays they supply mobile phone antennas with electricity, and tomorrow perhaps entire districts: The salt battery is a safe and long-lasting battery technology with huge...
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...