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• A flexible polymer enables better solid-state batteries
  Solid-state batteries do not use flammable liquid electrolytes and are therefore safer than conventional lithium-ion batteries. Empa researchers have developed a solid electrolyte based on a stretc...
• Photocatalytic material class: high expectations of polyheptazine imides confirmed
  Photocatalysis promises an efficient conversion of abundant solar energy into usable chemical energy. Polyheptazine imides have some key structural and functional twists that make them especially i...
• Thermography-based method for efficient sorting of black plastics
  While transparent plastic packaging and colorful cups can be easily recognized and automatically sorted, black plastic parts often remain "invisible" to sorting machines - and consequently end up i...
• Microfluidics system boosts super-resolution microscopy
  Understanding how cells are organized and how their molecular components interact in a coordinated and cooperative manner is a central goal of modern life sciences. To answer these questions, resea...
• A "Plug" for Light-Controlled Chips
  Addressing a photonic microchip that is driven by light just as easily as electronic components via a "plug", rather than by expending extensive experimental effort: this vision has now been realiz...
• New water-treatment system removes nitrogen, phosphorus from farm tile drainage
  Scientists have developed a new edge-of-field water-treatment system that reduces the load of excess nutrients washing into waterways from farm drainage systems. Their method combines a woodchi...
• Why our immune system remembers vaccinations for decades
  Why can the human immune system often remember a vaccination for a whole lifetime? Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen have now ...