Tag Archives: Empa

A new standardized assessment of the physiological effects of protective clothing on the human body will now be available thanks to a sweat torso developed by Empa

Posted on 18, January 2018 by

Empa’s sweat torso now meets the ISO standard. How protective clothing affects the human body can be investigated in future with Empa’s torso in a standardized way. ST. GALLEN, Switzerland, 18-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — If a firefighter enters a burning building … Read the full press release →

Posted in Industrial, Science, Security & Safety, Switzerland, Technology

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Kristina Orehounig will become the new Head of the Urban Energy Systems Laboratory at Empa

Posted on 18, October 2017 by

Dübendorf, Switzerland, 18-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — On 1 February 2018, Kristina Orehounig, who currently conducts research at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, will become the new Head of the Urban Energy Systems Laboratory at Empa, taking over from … Read the full press release →

Posted in Science, Switzerland, Technology

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Empa and ETH Zürich to make a battery out of waste graphite and scrap metal

Posted on 12, October 2017 by

Dübendorf, St. Gallen and Thun, 12-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Lithium ion batteries are flammable and the price of the raw material is rising. Are there alternatives? Yes: Empa and ETH Zürich researchers have discovered promising approaches as to how we might … Read the full press release →

Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Government, Switzerland

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