20.01.2022 •Future Technologies •8 min Towards compact quantum computers, thanks to topology Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutQuantum research Further information aboutSLS In pursuit of particularly stable quantum bits, researchers have closely examined the electron distribution in two semiconductors.
10.01.2022 •Future Technologies •7 min Millions in funding for brain and quantum research Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutQuantum research Further information aboutNeurosciences Further information aboutSLS The European Research Council approves PSI projects for the development of a quantum computer and brain research worth about 5 million euros.
22.12.2021 •Future Technologies •6 min Semiconductors reach the quantum world Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutQuantum research Further information aboutSLS Boosted with superconductivity: Semiconductor technology can get a new twist by exploiting quantum effects in superconductors.
18.10.2021 •Health Innovation •6 min New active agent against parasites Further information aboutBiology Further information aboutMedical Science Further information aboutSLS PSI researchers identify potential active agent against several unicellular parasites – including the pathogens that cause malaria and toxoplasmosis.
07.10.2021 •Large research facilities •2 min 3D view: Swiss Light Source SLS Further information aboutSLS Linear accelerator, booster ring, storage ring: our 3D graphic of the Swiss Light Source shows the inside of the facility and how it serves research.
24.09.2021 •Future Technologies •5 min X-ray microscopy with 1000 tomograms per second Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutSLS A team at the Swiss Light Source SLS have set a new record using an imaging method called tomoscopy.
10.09.2021 •Future Technologies •7 min The mystery of the flexible shell Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutSLS Why the shell of a marine animal is soft in water but hard in air.
01.09.2021 •Future Technologies •8 min Exploring the practical benefits of exotic materials Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutQuantum research Further information aboutSLS Niels Schröter receives an award from the Swiss Physical Society (SPG).
27.07.2021 •Large research facilities •6 min Secret of Stradivarius violins revealed Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutSLS As an international team of researchers discovered, the old Italian masters Stradivari and Guarneri relied on unexpected chemical additives in making violins.
19.07.2021 •Future Technologies •8 min Understanding the physics in new metals Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutSLS Together with international colleagues, PSI researchers have now been able to make correlated metals more readily usable for applications in superconductivity, data processing, and quantum computers.