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Charcoal cooling blanket for fruit and veggie storage
TechTransfer
Empa
In developing countries, storing agricultural produce is often difficult: Heat and drought cause fruits and vegetables to spoil quickly. A "cooling blanket" from Empa's Laboratory for Biomimetic Membranes and Textiles in St. Gallen could provide a solution.
A drone that can both fly and dive
Research
Empa
A new dual drone can both fly and land on water to take aquatic samples and monitor water quality, for example. The drone was developed by researchers at Imperial College London and Empa and recently tested together with researchers at the aquatic research institute Eawag for the first time on Lake Zurich.
Black holes as noise traps
Research
Empa
Anyone who lives in an old building with wooden floors knows the problem: Even if the neighbors from above glide across the floor with graceful elegance, it sounds as if you were living under a bowling alley. Impact sound is a challenge even for the most modern wooden buildings. Scientists at Empa are now tinkering with a solution.
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