(IN BRIEF) Empa researchers and industry experts have analyzed the challenges involved in commercializing emerging solar cell technologies and concluded that earlier collaboration between research institutions and industry is essential for success. The study examined CIGS and perovskite thin-film solar … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, Science, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged CIGS solar cells, Empa, Empa Analysis Shows How Research and Industry Cooperation Can Accelerate Solar Technology Innovation, energy technology development, Innosuisse, Internet of Things, Mirjana Dimitrievska, Nature Energy, New Empa Research Explores Commercialization Challenges for Perovskite and CIGS Solar Technologies, Perovskia Solar, perovskite solar cells, photovoltaics, renewable energy research, silicon solar cells, solar innovation, solar technology commercialization, sustainable energy, tandem solar cells, thin film solar cells
(IN BRIEF) Empa researchers have developed a novel bridge retrofitting system that integrates ultra-high-performance fiber-reinforced concrete with iron-based shape memory alloy reinforcement to strengthen aging concrete bridges. When activated by heat, the smart steel generates internal prestressing forces that close … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Metals and Minerals, Science, Security & Safety, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged aging bridges, Angela Sequeira Lemos, bridge rehabilitation, cemsuisse, Christoph Czaderski, construction innovation, Empa, Empa Research Advances Practical Use of Memory Steel for Durable Cost Effective Renewal of Concrete Infrastructure, Fe SMA, fiber optic sensors, infrastructure renewal, Innosuisse, New Retrofitting Technology Targets Aging Bridges With Simplified High Performance Structural Reinforcement, prestressing technology, re fer, reinforced concrete, shape memory steel, Smart Material Innovation Combines UHPFRC and Fe SMA to Deliver Self Prestressing Concrete Strengthening System, smart materials, structural engineering, UHPFRC, ultra high performance fiber reinforced concrete, University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland
(IN BRIEF) Empa has developed polymer-based, MRI-compatible electrode cables in collaboration with Swiss company TI Solutions AG, addressing long-standing safety and performance challenges associated with using conductive materials inside MRI scanners. By replacing traditional copper wiring with polymer fibers coated … Read the full press release
Posted in Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged Advanced Fibers laboratory, diagnostic technology, Dirk Hegemann, ECG, EEG, Empa, Empa Introduces Scalable Polymer Fiber Cables Designed for Safe Use in MRI Environments, Innosuisse, magnetic resonance imaging, magnetron sputtering, medical imaging, medical research, MRI, MRI-compatible cables, neurostimulation, Niels Kuster, polymer cables, silver titanium coating, Sven Kühn, temporal interference stimulation, TI Solutions AG
(IN BRIEF) A collaboration between Empa, EPFL and CSEM has resulted in a fully biodegradable smart sensing tag designed to monitor temperature and humidity during transport and record whether critical temperature thresholds have been breached. Developed through the Swiss-funded Greenspack … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Science, Switzerland, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged biodegradable sensing tag, BRIDGE Discovery program, cellulose substrate, Circelec, cold chain logistics, CSEM, Empa, EPFL, food supply chain, green electronics, Greenspack, humidity tracking, Innosuisse, medicine and climate-sensitive cargo, medicine transport, Nature Communications, New compostable sensor tag offers supply-chain monitoring for food, RFID-like sensor, smart labels, Swiss National Science Foundation, temperature monitoring, threshold detection, zinc conductive ink
(COMUNICADO DE PRENSA) DÜBENDORF, 8-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Empa, el instituto de investigación suizo para la ciencia y la tecnología aplicadas a los materiales, ha anunciado que su equipo de investigación ha demostrado cómo el uso de aerogeles como aislamiento … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged aerogeles, AGITEG AG, aislamiento, Eawag, edificios, elementos de madera de aerogel, Empa, ERNE AG, Holzbau, Innosuisse, Jannis Wernery, láminas de aerogel, materiales de superaislamiento, renovaciones, superaislamiento, unidad NEST Sprint
(PRESS RELEASE) DÜBENDORF, 8-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Empa, the Swiss research institute for applied materials sciences and technology, has announced that its research team has demonstrated how the use of aerogels as an insulation can free up additional square meters … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Real Estate, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged aerogel sheets, aerogel wood elements, aerogels, AGITEG AG, buildings, Eawag, Empa, ERNE AG, Holzbau, Innosuisse, insulation, Jannis Wernery, NEST unit Sprint, renovations, superinsulation, Superinsulation materials
(PRESS RELEASE) DÜBENDORF, 1-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Empa, the Swiss research institute for applied materials sciences and technology, has announced that it leads an Inndo-Swiss research team of researchers that are working on the development of an ecological and solidarity-based … Read the full press release
Posted in Electronics & Machinery, Environment, Industrial, Small Business, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged BRIDGE programme, Dea Wehrli, e-waste, e-waste recycling, Ecowork, Empa, entrepreneurs, incubator hub, INDIA, Innosuisse, micro-entrepreneurs, recycling, researchers, Swiss National Science Foundation, value chain
(COMUNICADO DE PRENSA) DÜBENDORF, 1-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Empa, el instituto de investigación suizo para la ciencia y la tecnología de los materiales aplicados, ha anunciado que dirige un equipo de investigación indo-suizo de investigadores que están trabajando en el … Read the full press release
Posted in Electronics & Machinery, Environment, Industrial, Management, News, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged cadena de valor, centro de incubadoras, Dea Wehrli, desechos electrónicos, Ecowork, Empa, emprendedores, INDIA, Innosuisse, investigadores, microempresarios, programa BRIDGE, reciclaje, reciclaje de desechos electrónicos, Swiss National Science Foundation
(PRESS RELEASE) BERN, 20-Feb-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — An innovative project called ProTex will receive CHF 2 million funding grant from BRIDGE Discovery. ProTex relies on highly sensitive portable sensors that use light to measure oxygen saturation in the blood. Those portable sensors will help prevent … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Investment, News, Science, Switzerland
Tagged bedridden patients, bedsores, BRIDGE Discovery, funding, grant, Guido Piai, Innosuisse, Luciano Boesel, oxygen saturation in the blood, paraplegia, portable sensors, pressure injuries, ProTex, smart clothing, Smart sensors, Swiss National Science Foundation, textile, textile sensors, ulcers, University of Bern, Ursula Wolf
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