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Environmental Conservation

New Study Reveals Higher Methane Emissions from Oil Production

Global methane and ethane emissions from oil production from 1980 to 2012 were far higher than previous estimates show, according to a new study which for the…

Medical Engineering

Future Innovations in Operating Theatres at Inselspital

Beginning in the middle of February, 2017, in the Intensive Treatment, Emergency and Operation Centre (IEO) at Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, all…

Technology Offerings

Compensating Spectral Fractions to Reduce Cross-Talk Issues

Method for reducing cross-talk / interference: The optimal utilization of the available frequency bands plays an important role in the transmission of messages. In frequency multiplexing, sub-frequency bands are allocated to individual communication channels, which are usually completely independent of each other. In practice, however, there is cross-talk, that is, in a channel, signals from the two adjacent channels are also received. Thus, the received signal is composed of useful signal and interference signal. The aim of the present invention is to compensate for the interfering signal component. This is particularly important when the intensity of the adjacent channel signals and thus the interference signal which they contribute are greater than the actual useful signal (“adjacent channel interference problem”).

Information Technology

Bringing Technology to the Workplace: Empowering Employee Skills

As product diversity increases, the complexity of production processes is also rising. The consequence: employees, too, must be re-qualified. With the help of…

Machine Engineering

“Additive Manufacturing” speeds up

Empa’s latest technology briefing just goes to show how important Additive Manufacturing (AM) is set to become for Switzerland: Over 150 people from industry…

Life & Chemistry

Viral Protein Transforms to Measure DNA in New Discovery

To generate swarms of new viral particles, a virus hijacks a cell into producing masses of self-assembling cages that are then loaded with the genetic…

Power and Electrical Engineering

The world's first heat-driven transistor

“We are the first in the world to present a logic circuit, in this case a transistor, that is controlled by a heat signal instead of an electrical signal,”…

Life & Chemistry

Exploring Tunnel Proteins: Key to Membrane Functionality

The targeted incorporation of proteins into the membrane is a vital process for cell maintenance; these membrane proteins ensure the proper functioning of the…

Trade Fair News

Photonics West 2017: Innovations in Large-Scale Optics Production

Glass Molding: Cost-efficient large-scale production of high-precision optics

Life & Chemistry

Horizontal DNA Transfer in Vascular Plants: A New Insight

The exchange and recombination of genetic material between procaryotes and from parasites and pathogens into plants is known to be commonplace. Also plant to…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Biodiversity and Nitrogen Cycle Insights in Grassland Soil

Most importantly, microorganisms are essential to understand the conversion of nitrate to ammonium. This process of the nitrogen cycle creates a soluble form…

Materials Sciences

Microoptics: Fast and Efficient Fabrication of Freeform Structures

As of today, the fabrication of larger structures or larger batches of optical elements via 2PP takes too much time for an industrial scale production: 3D…

Life & Chemistry

Mini Cockchafers Expose Forest Fragmentation in South Africa

However, the analyses also revealed areas that connect or that might connect today’s beetle populations most effectively. These areas should thus be considered…

Technology Offerings

Charge Flow Frequency Converter Enhances Small Current Measurement

Charge flow frequency converters are used when especially small electrical currents must be measured. Usually, the integrator and the comparator are connected in series. The improved method can be used anywhere where very small currents of both polarities with high dynamics are measured.

Trade Fair News

Laser Innovations in Hybrid Construction: Enhancing FRP & Metal

Lightweight components made of fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) and metal are growing in significance across a wide range of industries, but especially in the…

Information Technology

Enhancing IT Transparency: The Code of PLM Openness

Digitalization is making openness in the linking of IT solutions increasingly important. The Code of PLM Openness (CPO), developed by the ProSTEP iViP…

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