In a recent study, we tested pine wood chips and biochar – a form or charcoal made from heating rice husks in a limited oxygen chamber, a process known as pyrolysis – and found they could remove ...

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Researchers created an ultra-thin optical array that controls photons like bulky quantum devices, offering a scalable path to ...

That’s why Empa researchers teamed up with de Cavis to develop ultra-thin sound absorbers made from gypsum or cement foams.

Researchers at Harvard have created a groundbreaking metasurface that can replace bulky and complex optical components used ...

If you live in a noisy urban area, you're gonna love the sound of this. Researchers in Switzerland have developed a material ...

In the race toward practical quantum computers and networks, photons—fundamental particles of light—hold intriguing ...

Researchers at South Korea's Chung-Ang University have designed a novel air filter by drawing inspiration from our mucus-covered nasal hairs, which can trap and retain particulate matter thanks to ...

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Empa researchers have developed innovative sound absorbers made of mineral foams. Not only are they significantly thinner than conventional ...