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Flisom Launches Lightweight Flexible CIGS Solar Panels
Sep 25, 2017At a roll-out event for customers and partners in Zurich, Flisom AG of Niederhasli, Switzerland – which has the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) as a technology partner – showcased its ...
Tags: Solar Panels, PV
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Saurer Group Said It Has Named Dr Martin Folini as CEO of Two of Its Biggest Subsidiaries
Oct 28, 2014Switzerland based and textile machinery manufacturer, Saurer Group said it has named Dr Martin Folini as CEO of two of its biggest subsidiaries - Schlafhorst and Zinser. Dr Folini graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ...
Tags: Saurer Group, CEO, Textile
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Airlight and IBM Partner to Bring Affordable Solar Technology to Market by 2017
Sep 30, 2014Airlight Energy of Biasca, Switzerland, which supplies proprietary technology for large-scale production of electricity using solar power and for energy storage, has partnered with IBM Research, aiming to bring affordable solar technology ...
Tags: CPV IBM, Electrical, Electronics
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ABB of Zurich Focuses on Electric Power Engineering and Industrial Automation
Jun 10, 2014ABB of Zurich, Switzerland, which focuses on electric power engineering and industrial automation, has granted 5m Swiss Francs to the ETH Zurich Foundation to support the development of high-performance power semiconductors, with the aim of ...
Tags: Power electronics SiC, ABB, Electrical, Electronics
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Evidence for D-Wave's Claim to Have Built Commercial Quantum Computers Just Got Weaker
Feb 26, 2014The strongest scientific evidence for D-Wave's claim to have built commercial quantum computers just got weaker. A new paper finds that classical computing can explain the performance patterns of D-Wave's machines just as well as quantum ...
Tags: D-Wave, IEEE Spectrum's, quantum computer, ETH Zurich
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Researchers Have Deciphered The Structure of Part of The Ribosome Found in Mitochondria
Jan 24, 2014Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have deciphered the structure of part of the ribosome found in mitochondria, the power plants of the cell. The scientists were able to benefit from advancements in the field ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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Devastating Supervolcanoes Can Erupt Simply Due to Changes
Jan 15, 2014Devastating supervolcanoes can erupt simply due to changes that happen in their giant magma chambers as they slowly cool, according to a new study. This finding marks the first time researchers have been able to explain the mechanism behind ...
Tags: supervolcanoes, eruption, the mechanism
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Researchers at ETH Are Developing Electronic Components That Are Thinner and More Flexible
Jan 10, 2014The ultra-thin electronic membrane sticks to various surfaces. Credit: Peter Rueegg, ETH Zurich Researchers at ETH are developing electronic components that are thinner and more flexible than before. They can even be wrapped around a ...
Tags: ETH, electronic components, ultra-thin, transparent sensors
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Scientists Established Supervolcano Eruptions May Occur Spontaneously with X-ray Laborat
Jan 7, 2014Scientists have reproduced the conditions inside the magma chamber of a supervolcano to understand what it takes to trigger its explosion. These rare events represent the biggest natural catastrophes on Earth except for the impact of giant ...
Tags: supervolcano, explosion, synchrotron X-rays, supervolcano eruption
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Brice Koch Is Appointed as CEO by Oerlikon Group
Nov 4, 2013Oerlikon announces the appointment of Dr. Brice Koch as Group Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Koch, who will assume the role during the first quarter of 2014, comes to Oerlikon following a successful career at ABB where he has been a member of ...
Tags: Oerlikon Group, Brice Koch
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ETH-Zurich Has Reported Increased Maximum Oscillation Frequency
Aug 9, 2013ETH-Zurich has reported increased maximum oscillation frequency for its indium phosphide/gallium arsenide antimonide (InP/GaAsSb) double-heterostructure bipolar transistors (DHBTs) [Rickard L?vblom et al, IEEE Electron Device Letters, ...
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The System Can Also Provide Desalinated Water and Cool Air in Sunny
Apr 26, 2013Researchers have announced a collaboration to develop an affordable photovoltaic (PV) system capable of concentrating solar radiation 2000 times and converting 80% of the incoming radiation into useful energy. The system can also provide ...
Tags: Swiss Funding, IBM, Electronics
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IQE Claimed Record-Breaking Balanced Frequency Performance for a Nitride Semiconductor
Feb 17, 2013University of Notre Dame (UND) in the USA and epiwafer maker IQE have claimed record-breaking balanced frequency performance for a nitride semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) using indium aluminium gallium nitride ...
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Flisom Has Raised Substantial Funding to Further Develop Its Technology
Feb 17, 2013Flisom AG of Duebendorf, Zurich, which was spun off from the Laboratory of Solid State Physics of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) in 2005 to develop technologies for industrial roll-to-roll manufacturing of ...
Tags: Empa Flexible CIGS, Flisom, company news
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Georg Fischer Worked Together with Master Students of The ETH Zurich
Jan 14, 2013As partner of the two months long entrepreneurial leadership seminar, Georg Fischer worked together with master students of the ETH Zurich to figure out how Cleantech drives innovation. The results of the seminar will be integrated in the ...
Tags: ETH, MTEC, cleantech, innovation, GF