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Jan 14, 2025 | myscience.org | Swiss Federal Laboratories

For years, start-ups have been able to count on the support of the business incubators glatec and Startfeld. They accompany Empa’s young companies on their path to independence - and do so extremely successfully, as the 37 spin-offs founded to date show. Instruments for measuring air pollutants are usually complex, expensive and consume a lot of energy, as each gas is measured using a different method.

Jan 9, 2025 | newswise.com | Swiss Federal Laboratories

Previous Next Fungi are a source of fascination. This kingdom of life – more closely related to animals than to plants – encompasses an enormous variety. Everything can be found here: from edible mushrooms to molds, from single-celled life to the largest organism on Earth, from disease-causing pathogens to superheroes that produce medicines. Now, Empa researchers have coaxed another ability out of fungi: generating electricity. As part of a three-year research project, supported by the Gebert...

Dec 16, 2024 | newswise.com | Swiss Federal Laboratories

BYLINE: Anna Ettlin Switzerland has set itself a goal that is as ambitious as it is necessary: net zero by 2050. One of the most important raw materials on the road to a climate-neutral future is wood. This renewable natural resource binds CO2 from the atmosphere as it grows. Both as a material and as an energy source, wood and its numerous components offer alternatives to fossil fuels and materials.

Dec 12, 2024 | newswise.com | Swiss Federal Laboratories

Cities are the largest source of greenhouse gases in the world. Around 70% of all anthropogenic emissions are produced in, around and by cities. At the same time, they have great scope for action to reduce these emissions. Many urban areas have more ambitious climate targets than their countries – including the city of Zurich, which aims to achieve net zero by 2040, ten years before Switzerland. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in such a short space of time requires reliable data.

Dec 9, 2024 | myscience.org | Swiss Federal Laboratories

Traditional building materials such as wood and clay are climate-friendly and perfectly complement each other. To ensure they can also be used on a large scale in the construction industry in the future, Empa is teaming up with Swiss universities and industrial partners in an Innosuisse-funded Flagship It is well known that the construction industry contributes significantly to climate change with its massive greenhouse gas emissions.