In situ alloying during additive manufacturing
In situ alloying is an effective method to engineer microstructures of additively manufactured Ti6Al4V3Fe alloys.
Three PSI research facilities reveal magnetic crossover
Insights from the Swiss Muon Source, Swiss Spallation Neutron Source and Swiss Light Source reveal this coveted characteristic in an exotic layered material.
Ein Stück PSI-Geschichte geht auf grosse Fahrt
Auf zu neuen Ufern – eine Hightech-Komponente vom PSI befindet sich auf dem Seeweg nach Australien und soll künftig im Australian Synchrotron in Melbourne zum Einsatz kommen.
Seltsames Fossil ist nicht unser Vorfahre
Röntgenlicht löst ein Rätsel der menschlichen Abstammung
A new spin on sample delivery for membrane proteins
Proteins hover in front of the X-ray beam at a Swiss Light Source beamline. Now, spinning thin films bring on board these trickiest of proteins.
The chemical complex that regulates body zinc storage
Zinc deficiency compromises the immune system and is a global public health problem. Through experiments at the Swiss Light Source SLS and BESSYII, researchers gained new insights into zinc storage, with implications for understanding COVID-19 severity.
Lösung für das Unlösbare
PSI und ETH Zürich haben den Quantum-Computing-Hub gegründet. Spitzenforschende arbeiten dort gemeinsam an Konzepten für Quantencomputer.
Wasser besser verstehen
Potenzialkarte von Wassermolekülen erstellt
Spiegelbildliche Moleküle leichter unterscheiden
Mit schraubenförmigem Röntgenlicht lassen sich spiegelbildliche Substanzen – sogenannte Enantiomere – besser voneinander unterscheiden.
Reaction insights help make sustainable liquid fuels
Methanol made from CO2 in the air can be transformed into carbon neutral fuels. New mechanistic understanding aids development of this sustainable alternative.
Schneller und smarter
Das PSI bündelt seine Expertise bezüglich der Auswertung von Forschungsdaten im neuen Forschungsbereich Computergestützte Wissenschaften, Theorie und Daten.
New SwissFEL soft X-ray endstation welcomes first users
Maloja is go. First user experiments mark a double first, not only for the Maloja endstation but also for the second beamline of SwissFEL, Athos.
Direct mechanochemical synthesis of polyoxometalates
Polyoxomolybdates have been directly synthesized from basic reagents in a mechanochemical one-pot reaction.
So findet man Wirkstoffe gegen Krebs
PSI-Forschende haben eine neue Substanz entwickelt, die ein lebenswichtiges Protein im Zellskelett lahmlegt.
Thermal and phase evolution during laser powder bed fusion of Al-Sc-Zr elemental powder blends
The reaction of elemental scandium and zirconium powders with liquid aluminum is observed directly via operando X-ray diffraction during laser 3D printing. This work demonstrates that elemental blends can be used to create fine-grained crack-free Al-alloys and highlights the importance of feature size.
Into the fourth dimension: time-resolved soft X-ray laminography
Combining time-resolved soft X-ray STXM imaging with magnetic laminography, researchers were able to investigate magnetization dynamics in a ferromagnetic microstructure resolved in all three spatial dimensions and in time. Thanks to the possibility of freely selecting the frequency of the excitation applied to the magnetic element, this technique opens the possibility to investigate resonant magneto-dynamical processes, such as e.g. magnetic vortex core gyration and switching, and spinwave emission.
Blick in die magnetische Zukunft
PSI-Forschende beobachten erstmals spezifisches Verhalten von magnetischem Eis.
Hercules School 2022
PSI hosted again the Hercules School in March 2022. We had the pleasure to welcome 20 international PhD students, PostDocs and scientists to demonstrate our state-of-the-art techniques and methodologies at our large scale facilities, the Swiss Light Source (SLS), the Swiss Spallation Neutron Source (SINQ) and our free electron laser SwissFEL.
Neuartige Röntgenlinse erleichtert Blick in die Nanowelt
Erstmals gibt es nun eine achromatische Linse auch für Röntgenlicht – entwickelt am PSI.
Exchange scaling of ultrafast angular momentum transfer in 4f antiferromagnets
A novel approach to controlling the speed of magnetic processes has been found through resonant magnetic scattering in an antiferromagnetic Lanthanide intermetallics.
Lighting up the appealing world of hybrid perovskites
Researchers from Italy, in collaboration with the Paul Scherrer Institut, successfully used the macromolecular crystallography beamline X06DA-PXIII at the Swiss Light Source to characterize promising perovkites materials used in solar cells and other photodetector devices.
How to get chloride ions into the cell
A molecular movie shot at PSI reveals the mechanism of a light-driven chloride pump
Simulation soll bei Aufräumarbeiten in Fukushima helfen
Eine neue Simulation der gefährlichsten radioaktiven Trümmer des Kernkraftwerks Fukushima soll bei Aufräumarbeiten helfen.
Direct observation of crack formation mechanisms with operando Laser Powder Bed Fusion X-ray radiography
Operando high-speed X-ray radiography experiments reveal the cracking mechanism during 3D laser printing of a Ni superalloy.
Millionenförderung für Hirn- und Quantenforschung
Der Europäische Forschungsrat bewilligt PSI-Projekte zur Entwicklung eines Quantencomputers und zur Hirnforschung in Höhe von 5 Millionen Euro.
Halbleiter erreichen die Quantenwelt
Mit einem Supraleiter aufgemotzt: Die Halbleitertechnologie könnte eine neue Wendung erhalten, indem Quanteneffekte in Supraleitern ausgenutzt werden.
3D printed nanomagnets unveil a world of patterns in the magnetic field
Scientists have used state-of-the-art 3D printing and microscopy to provide a new glimpse of what happens when taking magnets to three-dimensions on the nanoscale – 1000 times smaller than a human hair.
Priority access call for work on combating COVID-19 continues
On January 30th, 2020, the WHO declared the recent outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a public health emergency of international concern. It declared that there is an urgent need to improve our understanding of the newly identified virus and its possible future evolution as well as to contain the spread; to develop precise diagnostics and treatment, and to improve the public health response and patient care.
The COVID priority access call continues and is still open in 2022.
Fingerprint of Copper in Peptides Linked to Alzheimer's Disease
In an interdisciplinary project, researchers from the Laboratory of Nanoscale Biology in BIO and the Laboratory for Condensed Matter in PSD have revealed the reaction between the nitrogen atoms of the amyloid-beta peptide and copper/zinc ions by using soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy.
Ground-breaking technology development recognised
PSI researchers win the international Innovation Award on Synchrotron Radiation for 3D mapping of nanoscopic details in macroscopic specimens, such as bone.