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Graphene – the material dreams are made of - No. 47 (January 2015) from 2015-01-08T14:27:15
Using adhesive tape and graphite as it is found in pencil lead, two physicists proved that graphene, the “miracle material of the future”, actually exists – and won the Nobel Prize in Physics for t...
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Atmospheric research - global and local - No. 46 (October 2014) from 2014-10-29T07:12:14
CFCs are still harming the ozone layer; industrial gases with a high greenhouse potential heat up the atmosphere. The polluters don't go undiscovered, though. Empa scientists are tracking the trace...
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Future Mobility - No. 45 (July 2014) from 2014-09-26T12:18:21
Empa is in the midst of establishing the Future Mobility Demonstrator on ist Dübendorf campus. This ambitious Projekt should reveal how excess electricity, generated by solar and wind-power, can be...
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Programmable materials - No. 44 (April 2014) from 2014-04-30T08:13:13
For some time, Empa has settled between university and the market and, together with its industrial partners, endeavored to get new technologies “on the road” – highly successfully, too, as the ex...
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Researching the house of tomorrow – No. 43 (Jan. 2014) from 2014-01-08T16:11:11
Around half of the energy demand in Switzerland is generated by buildings and every year ten tons of construction materials per capita are being used up. If we want to import fewer fossil fuels and...
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Motion without grease – No. 42 (Nov. 2013) from 2013-11-07T16:17:09
Empa physicist René Rossi conducts research into the clothing of the future. What is it supposed to do? What is feasible? And how can 1.8 square meters of human skin be used to transfer data? One o...
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Gian-Luca Bona sets course – No. 41 (Aug. 2013) from 2013-08-05T15:18:47
50 years ago the Empa campus was literally carved out of a green field in Dübendorf on the outskirts of Zurich. The exterior of the buildings has hardly changed. However, inside the walls it is a c...
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Hard coatings, smart coatings – No. 40 (May 2013) from 2013-05-10T15:19:23
Many chemical reactions and chemical processes take place on surfaces or within boundary layers. In order to understand this, the layers must be analyzed in as much detail as possible. We show, how...
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Fuss and Fumes – No. 39 (Jan. 2013) from 2013-01-08T16:20:16
Industrialized countries face two problems: noise and airborne pollution. Empa researchers use facilities such as comprehensive 3D computer models and simulations to detect noise sources. The resul...
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Solar energy supply – No. 38 (Nov. 2012) from 2012-11-01T16:21:14
Solar modules made from silicon are too rigid for many applications – and they are often too expen-sive. Solar cells on flexible film are the solution, and are capable of generating power from sunl...
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Empa goes to space – No. 37 (Aug. 2012) from 2012-08-15T15:21:48
In the current “Focus” we will introduce you to several examples from our laboratories – just in time for the inaugural “World Medtech Forum” in Lucerne in late September, for which Empa is acting ...
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Wood – a sustainable resource – No. 36 (Apr. 2012) from 2012-04-04T15:22:22
For 75 years Empa has been conducting wood research. Despite (or perhaps expressly because of) this long history, wood is a material with a bright future. It is not just a construction material mad...
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Smart buildings – No. 35 (Jan. 2012) from 2012-01-14T16:23:05
Experiments with buildings? NEST makes it possible! The planned building lab on the Empa campus should serve, quite literally, as a platform for new ideas in construction and sustainable, energy-ef...
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How to use resources efficiently – No. 34 (Sept. 2011) from 2011-09-01T15:23:41
Sustainable use of energy and raw materials is a central research topic at Empa. The variety of topics streches from rural biofuel-projects in Africa to the ambitious vision of producing liquid fue...
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Chemistry everywhere – No. 33 (May 2011) from 2011-05-03T15:24:30
Every material – just like every substance – is made up of chemical elements. It’s no wonder, then, that a large number of chemists are hard at work at Empa. They are looking into new materials whi...
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Towards tomorrow’s nanoelectronics – No. 31 (Nov. 2010) from 2010-11-01T16:25:42
To fabricate ever smaller electronic components, new materials are in great demand – for example, ultra-thin layers of carbon known as graphene. As part of an international collaboration, Empa re-s...
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Solar Impulse – comfort for pilots under extreme conditions - No. 30 (Aug. 2010) from 2010-05-06T15:26:21
The Solar Impulse team is pursuing a lofty goal – to put renewable energy in the spotlight and thus get the general public to rethink their ideas so that we preserve some of our natural resources f...
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Solar Impulse – comfort for pilots under extreme conditions - No. 30 (Aug. 2010) from 2010-05-06T15:26:21
The Solar Impulse team is pursuing a lofty goal – to put renewable energy in the spotlight and thus get the general public to rethink their ideas so that we preserve some of our natural resources f...
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Solar Impulse – comfort for pilots under extreme conditions - No. 30 (Aug. 2010) from 2010-05-06T15:26:21
The Solar Impulse team is pursuing a lofty goal – to put renewable energy in the spotlight and thus get the general public to rethink their ideas so that we preserve some of our natural resources f...
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