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New Head of Laboratory

High Performance Ceramics lab under new leadership

May 30, 2024 | The designated head of the High-Performance Ceramics laboratory is Jakob Schwiedrzik. He has been working at Empa's site in Thun for around ten years and will take over the leadership of the research lab on 1 August 2024 from Thomas Graule, who is re...
Image sensor

Better cameras with perovskite

May 28, 2024 | Capturing three times more light: Empa and ETH researchers are developing an image sensor made of perovskite that could deliver true-color photos even in poor lighting conditions. Unlike conventional image sensors, where the pixels for red, green and...
New appointments

New members elected to Empa's Directorate

May 23, 2024 | At its meeting on 22/23 May, the ETH Board appointed the heads of two Empa departments as members of the institute's Directorate: Nathalie Casas, Head of the Department Energy, Mobility and Environment, and René Rossi and Manfred Heuberger, who are C...

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