Empa study on plug-in hybrids explains why actual fuel consumption is often higher than officially stated https://www.empa.ch/web/s604/verbrauch-von-plug-in-hybriden-untersucht

#Robotics – but make it sustainable. Manifesto proposes new scientific discipline: #SustainabilityRobotics. Robots should be designed and deployed to contribute to environmental, social and economic #sustainability. https://www.empa.ch/web/s604/sustainability-robotics-nature-machine-intelligence

Industrial #CO2 #emissions: a valuable resource? Empa researchers study in EU-funded #REACT project how impurities in industrial CO2 affect #electrolysis catalysts ➡️turning emissions into ethylene for more climate-neutral production. https://www.empa.ch/web/s604/eu-projekt-react-co2-konversion

Empa spin-offs BTRY & Perovskia Solar receive more than 4.4 million Euro in highly competitive European Innovation Council funding for thin-film solid-state #battery tech and indoor #photovoltaics modules https://www.empa.ch/web/s604/eic-accelerator-grant-fuer-empa-spin-offs-btry-und-perovskia-solar

📣New paper out on #netzero pathways for the Rhine Valley in eastern Switzerland until 2050 – a heavy industrial area with #CO2 emissions triple the Swiss average. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Reaching full #electrification of European bus fleet 15 years earlier could be possible Empa study shows 💡Retrofitting diesel buses cuts emissions 💡Saves costs for operators 💡Allows expanded public transit 💡Infrastructure changes minimal https://www.empa.ch/web/s604/diesel-busse-elektrisch-umruesten

🌉✨ Bridges get stitches! Empa researchers use metal #3Dprinting to extend the life of steel components in aging structures. This innovative approach repairs fatigue cracks with tailored reinforcements, saving time and costs. https://www.empa.ch/web/s604/waam-bruecken #empamaterialsscience

Successful start for 30 meter high tower at Măgurele Center for Atmosphere and Radiation Studies, Romania 👏 Delivering first continuous stable isotopic methane measurements (Horizon-Europe IM4CA) with partners INOE, INCAS and Empa. https://im4ca.eu/methane-isotopic-measurements-a-tower-on-mars/

⚡️Wie stark spüren wir die Energiewende heute? Peter Richner und Norbert Rücker, Leiter E&R bei Julius Bär, sprechen über den Einfluss von #Krisen und #Märkten auf die Verbreitung nachhaltiger #Technologien in Energie- und Bausektor. 🎧️Zur aktuellen Folge: https://www.empa.ch/web/nest/podcast

#PFAS-free silicon materials for soft transducers: Empa researcher Dorina Opris secures ERC Proof of Concept Grant to bring innovation from lab to market – with applications from batteries to robotics and artificial muscles. https://www.empa.ch/web/s604/fluorine-free-transducers-erc @erc.europa.eu

Empa spin-off Swiss Cluster receives Swiss Economic Award 2026 in "Industry/Production" category. The company develops equipment for vacuum-based #thinfilm processes with applications in watch industry, electronics, optics sector, research. https://www.empa.ch/web/s604/spin-off-swiss-cluster #sef26

🚀Project announcement! #HERMES launching together with @csem.ch and Pave Space AG to develop and test ultra heat-resistant #superalloys for #additivemanufacturing, designed to stay strong above 1,100°C. Because #spacepropulsion is also a materials challenge. 👉️More to come: bit.ly/4xcNOzE @esa.int

Access your literature from anywhere with unlimited #Zotero cloud storage! We have acquired an institutional licence for all researchers of @eawag.bsky.social, @empa-materials.bsky.social, @psi.ch and @wslresearch.bsky.social / @slfdavos.bsky.social Learn more: www.lib4ri.ch/now-availabl...

#Graphene as a test case for #safeandsustainablebydesign: Empa researchers show how safety and sustainability can be built in from the start – by linking material design, exposure pathways, and real-world applications. https://www.empa.ch/web/s604/ssbd-graphen #ssbd #empamaterialsscience

🚧A 30 m tower is being installed at the RADO-Bucharest station for the @im4ca.bsky.social project, in collaboration with @empa-materials.bsky.social 🇨🇭. The campaign will measure methane isotopes, ethane, CO₂, carbon isotopes, and 3D wind to improve methane source attribution and emission estimates.

The final session focused on Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy, showcasing its power to probe electronic structure and nanoscale dynamics From instrumentation to data analysis, #EELS keeps expanding the frontiers of electron microscopy. @attolight.bsky.social #EPFL #CEA @empa-materials.bsky.social

Less #animaltesting thanks to #AI: Empa researchers have developed a digital mouse model that predicts how #nanomaterials are distributed in the body. https://www.empa.ch/web/s604/ki-mausmodell-bringt-medizinische-forschung-voran #safeandsustainablebydesign #ssbd #empamaterialsscience

Green #hydrogen doesn't always have to be costly to produce. Empa researchers and partners develop materials for water electrolysis that are ✅efficient ✅cost effective ✅can be scaled up for industry use https://fcld.ly/protis-green-hydrogen #greenenergy #renewables #empamaterialsscience

‪ Recording of our latest Eawag Seminar with Dr. Mashael Yazdanie from @empa-materials.bsky.social : "Charting new paths to living well within planetary limits, together: the Swiss Sufficiency Lab" youtu.be/Q__7yvTbat8

Congratulations from all the @nanotechsurflab.bsky.social team on successfully defending your PhD @Laric Bobzien!! 🎉🎓🥂 @empa-materials.bsky.social @ethz.ch

Outdoor activities often mean relying on waterproof performance clothing. Many of these textiles contain PFAS. Researchers at Empa develop PFAS-free alternatives together with textile manufacturers via a plasma coating system. https://fcld.ly/pfas_textilien #pfas #ssbd

Empa spin-off Lepto raising #terahertz #technology to new heights. With ultrathin, lightweight components, the company is enabling faster #communication – with applications for #space and future communication systems. https://www.empa.ch/web/s604/lepto #empamaterialsscience

⚖️ Wie kommen wir zu Netto-Null? Der NEST-Podcast mit Peter Richner und Nathalie Casas, Koordinatorin SWEET ACHIEVE, über Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze, wie wir CO2 künftig effektiv binden können. 🎧️Zur aktuellen Folge: https://www.empa.ch/web/nest/podcast #NettoNull #SWEETACHIEVE

Progress towards more effective brain tumor treatment: Empa researchers are developing light-activated nanozymes that target cancer cells directly during surgery – precise and minimally invasive. https://www.empa.ch/web/s604/nanozyme-gegen-gehirntumore #cancer #research #empamaterialsscience

Boost for high-performance ceramics: Empa researchers to enhance ceramic materials properties e.g. for medicine, mechanical engineering, electronics. Supported by Swiss National Science Foundation. https://www.empa.ch/web/s604/hochleistungskeramik-dank-verbesserter-korngrenzflaechen #ceramics #snsf

Safe and Sustainable by Design (#SSbD): Empa researchers show why safe and sustainable #innovation pays off for companies – and how SSbD helps identify risks early and avoid costly missteps. https://www.empa.ch/web/s604/designing-innovations-safely-and-sustainably-helps-industry

GEMS simulates geochemical time travel in seconds. A new consortium comprising PSI, ETHZ, Empa, the University of Bern, EPFL and Nagra is safeguarding the future of this unique PSI software platform. @nagra.bsky.social @unibe.ch @ethz.ch @empa-materials.bsky.social

🚨Early detection of micro blood clots could save lives. Empa researchers are mapping the composition of tiny blood clots linked to #stroke and other complications. Open-source model aims to make early detection and risk assessment available to everyone. www.empa.ch/web/s604/ear...

Von Schutzbekleidung über schwer entflammbare Holzwerkstoffe bis zur hitzeresistenten FireDrone: Die Empa entwickelt flammhemmende und nicht brennbare Materialien für mehr Sicherheit in Gebäuden, Mobilität und Einsatzsituationen. 🔗 https://www.empa.ch/web/s604/brandschutz-forschung-an-der-empa

From protective gear and wood‑based fire‑retardant materials to the heat‑resistant FireDrone: Empa is advancing flame‑retardant and fireproof materials for safer buildings, mobility and emergency response. 🔗https://www.empa.ch/web/s604/brandschutz-forschung-an-der-empa

Wie entstehen nachhaltige Lösungen für die Bauwirtschaft? Im NEST-Podcast diskutieren Peter Richner und Holger Wallbaum, Prof. für nachhaltiges Bauen an der Chalmers University, aktuelle Ansätze und Herausforderungen in Schweden. Die ganze Folge hier: https://www.empa.ch/web/nest/podcast

Empa researcher Alessia Cesarini has been awarded the Empa Entrepreneur Fellowship 2026. She’s developing climate‑friendly gasoline compatible with today’s engines and fuel stations. 🔗https://www.empa.ch/web/s604/entrepreneur-fellowship-alessia-cesarini

Empa-Forscherin Alessia Cesarini erhält das Empa Entrepreneur Fellowship 2026. Sie entwickelt ein klimafreundliches Benzin, das in bestehenden Motoren und Tankstellen funktioniert. 🔗https://www.empa.ch/web/s604/entrepreneur-fellowship-alessia-cesarini

Advances in sustainable construction with less concrete and steel: European research team, incl. Empa, focuses on use of intelligent shapes, digital manufacturing, alternative binders. Structures can also be 3D-printed, dismantled, and reused. https://www.empa.ch/web/s604/beton-aus-dem-3d-drucker

Versatile group of materials suitable for a wide range of applications, from #energystorage to #medicine: #MXenes, a new class of two-dimensional materials. Empa researchers make significant progress in modeling and synthesizing MXenes. www.empa.ch/web/s604/mxe... @nanotechsurflab.bsky.social

An elastic polymer electrolyte could boost the safety and energy density of #solidstate #batteries – and could be used, e.g. in #flexiblebatteries in #medtech. Developed by Empa researchers from the Laboratory for Functional Polymers. www.empa.ch/web/s604/fle...

Emerging #solarcell technologies – can they make it from the lab to the market? Empa researchers and collaborators publish paper in @nature.com Energy on conditions for successful collaboration between research and industry. www.empa.ch/web/s604/cig... #cigs #perovskite

We recently shared this research on fully compostable smart sensing tags: ➡️: bit.ly/44Ip59N — now you can take a deeper dive. Listen to more on the topic with Oleksandr, one of @csem.ch's engineers behind the work (🗣️FR only): bit.ly/4aLn9Qh @empa-materials.bsky.social erials.bsky.social EPFL

🌍️ Wie kreislaufgerecht bauen wir heute? 🏗️ 🎙️Der NEST-Podcast mit Peter Richner und Martin Pauli, Global Circular Economy Services Leader bei Arup, zu Realität, Herausforderungen und Entwicklungen der #Kreislaufwirtschaft im Bau. Die ganze Folge hören:https://www.empa.ch/web/nest/podcast

🌍Invisible gases, visible impact: Empa researcher Alina Begley detects tiny, climate-relevant pollutants, building data that informs regulation. Restart Grant support allows her to resume research after maternity leave. www.empa.ch/web/s604/ali... #womeninscience #empamaterialsscience

Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) hold exceptional promise for next-generation nanoelectronics. Prof. Mickael Perrin, Assistant Professor at D-ITET and Group Leader Quantum Devices @empa-materials.bsky.social, has co-authored an insightful Review in “Nature Reviews Materials”. ee.ethz.ch/news-and-eve...

Empa contributes to @esa.int -led research on the ISS. Through THERMOPROP and SESAME, Empa researchers are studying metallic glasses in microgravity and space exposure, strengthening materials science capabilities in orbit and beyond. www.empa.ch/web/s604/met... #empamaterialsscience

Muons receive funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation @snsf.ch, led by Paul Scherrer Institut and the University of Zurich, with involvement of Empa researchers. www.empa.ch/web/s604/ncc... #nccr #muoniverse #empamaterialsscience

Congratulations to Tanja Zimmermann for being re-elected by the Federal Council as director of Empa 👏 www.empa.ch/web/s604/wie... #empamaterialsscience

As part of the #ICOSCities project, Zurich now has 60 atmospheric sensors measuring real-time CO₂ levels across the city. For the first time, authorities can compare live atmospheric data with the traditional emissions inventory. 👉 Read more in FLUXES: www.icos-cp.eu/fluxes/4/tra...

FireDrone: first drone developed to withstand extreme heat while sending real-time data from danger zones. Developed at Empa and now continued as a spin-off. www.empa.ch/web/s604/fir... FireDrone: www.firedrone.com

Empa develops a “stress ECG” for #batteries by monitoring them in operando in the EU Green Deal project HyMetBat – boosting sustainable, high-performance #energystorage for #netzero. https://www.empa.ch/web/s604/hymetbat #empamaterialsscience

Empa researchers and industry partner TI Solutions develop #polymer-based cables that enable #EEG, #ECG & stimulation inside #MRI – without heating or image distortion. www.empa.ch/web/s604/pol... #empamaterialsscience

⚡️Voller Energie ins neue Jahr! 🔋 🎙️Der NEST-Podcast mit Peter Richner und Cornelia Mellenberger, CEO Energie Wasser Bern, zu langfristiger #Versorgungssicherheit, Ausbau von #erneuerbarenEnergien und flexiblen Strompreisen. Zur aktuellen Folge: https://www.empa.ch/web/nest/podcast

Empa researchers develop new kind of #epoxy resin – widely used as coatings, adhesives or as part of fiber-reinforced materials – that can be reprocessed, chemically recycled, is flame retardant and easy to manufacture. www.empa.ch/web/s604/fla... #empamaterialsscience