Good ideas sometimes take surprising turns. For years, experts at Empa had been working on an innovative valve control system for combustion engines with electro-hydraulically actuated valves, which ...

The Piston may not technically be one of Valve’s new Steam Machines, but the modular computer hardware will run Linux and support Steam (including its Big Picture Mode, an interface optimized for ...

Industrial waste heat is a hidden resource because, despite being produced in vast amounts, it is rarely put to good use. This could change, thanks to a new machine type created by Empa Scientists and ...