Miscellaneous 25.06.2024 •Future Technologies International collaboration lays the foundation for future AI for materials via the OPTIMADE standard Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutData Science Artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating the development of new materials. A prerequisite for AI in materials research is large-scale use and exchange of data on materials, which is facilitated by a broad international standard. A major international collaboration including researchers from the LMS laboratory now presents an extended version of the OPTIMADE standard. 06.03.2024 •Fundamentals of Nature •9 min Charge fractionalisation observed spectroscopically Further information aboutMaterials research Quantum mechanics tells us that the fundamental unit of charge is unbreakable – but exceptions exist. 20.12.2023 •Large research facilities •11 min „IMPACT is very important in terms of international competition“ Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutMedical Science Further information aboutParticle physics Further information aboutRadiopharmacy Further information aboutIMPACT Further information aboutCHRISP Daniela Kiselev talks about the upgrade planned at PSI's proton accelerator facility. 19.09.2023 •Future Technologies •8 min 3D insights into an innovative manufacturing process Further information aboutSLS Further information aboutMaterials research 3D printing for creating complex shapes 05.06.2023 •5 min PSI researchers use extreme UV light to produce tiny structures for information technology. Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutNanotechnology Further information aboutData Science Further information aboutSLS Synchrotron light can be used in follow-up after a heart transplant to determine whether the body may be rejecting the new organ. 19.12.2022 •Large research facilities •6 min “A jewel we must treasure” Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutParticle physics Further information aboutIMPACT Further information aboutCHRISP HIMB is one of the two parts of the upgrade project IMPACT. Klaus Kirch speaks about the plans. 19.12.2022 •Large research facilities •4 min A two-part upgrade for the proton accelerator Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutMedical Science Further information aboutParticle physics Further information aboutRadiopharmacy Further information aboutIMPACT Further information aboutCHRISP A two-part upgrade is planned for HIPA starting in 2025. Preparations are already under way. 08.12.2022 •Future Technologies •6 min New materials for the computer of the future Further information aboutSLS Further information aboutMaterials research Researchers are identifying and studying material compounds whose unique properties could lead to the development of novel types of chip. 07.11.2022 •9 min Of fusion reactors, fuel cells, and tin cans Further information aboutMaterials research The technology transfer centre ANAXAM has been facilitating access to the material analytics at PSI. 08.06.2022 •Future Technologies •9 min Hercules and batteries, X-rayed Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutSμS With muons, PSI researchers can examine objects non-destructively. This helps in archaeology and battery development. 25.05.2022 •11 min “If you’re in a certain position, you should step forward” Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutIndustry Relations Further information aboutNanotechnology Further information aboutQuantum research Further information aboutPeople Kirsten Moselund heads the new Laboratory for Nano and Quantum Technologies. In this interview she discusses quantum research at PSI and how nanophotonics can assist with this. 04.04.2022 •7 min A look into the magnetic future Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutSLS PSI researchers are the first to observe a specific behaviour of magnetic ice. 03.02.2022 •Future Technologies •5 min Simulant material could aid in Fukushima cleanup Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutSLS A new simulation of the most dangerous radioactive debris from the Fukushima nuclear power plant will help with clean-up efforts. 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 •8 min Ultrafast control of quantum materials Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutSwissFEL Using light to fundamentally change the properties of solids 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. 14.06.2021 •Future Technologies •9 min Magnetic nanoworld Further information aboutMaterials research At PSI, researchers come across exotic phenomena such as frustrated magnets and nano-vortices, which may one day enable better data storage. 09.06.2021 •Future Technologies •8 min How catalysts age Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutIndustry Relations Further information aboutSLS Catalysts used in industry change their material structure over the years. Using a new method, PSI researchers have now studied this on the nanoscale. 22.04.2021 •Future Technologies •10 min Uniquely sharp X-ray view Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutSwissFEL A new PSI method allows quantum-physical research on materials with the aid of X-ray lasers. 14.04.2021 •Future Technologies •7 min Water and quantum magnets share critical physics Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutQuantum research At high pressure, liquid water and water vapour merge together – the phase boundary disappears. Researchers have now discovered a similar behaviour in a quantum magnet. 01.04.2021 •Future Technologies •12 min Compact and high-performance, like a Swiss Army knife Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutSwissFEL The X-ray free-electron laser SwissFEL really is as high-performance and versatile as planned. 15.12.2020 •Future Technologies •6 min Look Inside a Chemical Reactor Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutSLS Operando X-ray spectrotomography allows scientists to look inside of functioning chemical reactors. A research team at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), at Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in France have employed this method successfully. 22.09.2020 •Future Technologies •7 min Customising an electronic material Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutSLS PSI scientists have investigated a material that could be suitable for future data storage applications. They have manipulated the crystalline structure of their sample while measuring how this affects the material’s magnetic and electronic properties. 21.09.2020 •Future Technologies •6 min Better catalysts for a sustainable bioeconomy Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutSLS Zeolites are already indispensable additives in the chemical industry – researchers from PSI and ETH Zurich suggest ways to make them still more efficient. 1 2 3 4 Next page ›› Last page Last » Topic Overview
25.06.2024 •Future Technologies International collaboration lays the foundation for future AI for materials via the OPTIMADE standard Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutData Science Artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating the development of new materials. A prerequisite for AI in materials research is large-scale use and exchange of data on materials, which is facilitated by a broad international standard. A major international collaboration including researchers from the LMS laboratory now presents an extended version of the OPTIMADE standard.
06.03.2024 •Fundamentals of Nature •9 min Charge fractionalisation observed spectroscopically Further information aboutMaterials research Quantum mechanics tells us that the fundamental unit of charge is unbreakable – but exceptions exist.
20.12.2023 •Large research facilities •11 min „IMPACT is very important in terms of international competition“ Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutMedical Science Further information aboutParticle physics Further information aboutRadiopharmacy Further information aboutIMPACT Further information aboutCHRISP Daniela Kiselev talks about the upgrade planned at PSI's proton accelerator facility.
19.09.2023 •Future Technologies •8 min 3D insights into an innovative manufacturing process Further information aboutSLS Further information aboutMaterials research 3D printing for creating complex shapes
05.06.2023 •5 min PSI researchers use extreme UV light to produce tiny structures for information technology. Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutNanotechnology Further information aboutData Science Further information aboutSLS Synchrotron light can be used in follow-up after a heart transplant to determine whether the body may be rejecting the new organ.
19.12.2022 •Large research facilities •6 min “A jewel we must treasure” Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutParticle physics Further information aboutIMPACT Further information aboutCHRISP HIMB is one of the two parts of the upgrade project IMPACT. Klaus Kirch speaks about the plans.
19.12.2022 •Large research facilities •4 min A two-part upgrade for the proton accelerator Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutMedical Science Further information aboutParticle physics Further information aboutRadiopharmacy Further information aboutIMPACT Further information aboutCHRISP A two-part upgrade is planned for HIPA starting in 2025. Preparations are already under way.
08.12.2022 •Future Technologies •6 min New materials for the computer of the future Further information aboutSLS Further information aboutMaterials research Researchers are identifying and studying material compounds whose unique properties could lead to the development of novel types of chip.
07.11.2022 •9 min Of fusion reactors, fuel cells, and tin cans Further information aboutMaterials research The technology transfer centre ANAXAM has been facilitating access to the material analytics at PSI.
08.06.2022 •Future Technologies •9 min Hercules and batteries, X-rayed Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutSμS With muons, PSI researchers can examine objects non-destructively. This helps in archaeology and battery development.
25.05.2022 •11 min “If you’re in a certain position, you should step forward” Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutIndustry Relations Further information aboutNanotechnology Further information aboutQuantum research Further information aboutPeople Kirsten Moselund heads the new Laboratory for Nano and Quantum Technologies. In this interview she discusses quantum research at PSI and how nanophotonics can assist with this.
04.04.2022 •7 min A look into the magnetic future Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutSLS PSI researchers are the first to observe a specific behaviour of magnetic ice.
03.02.2022 •Future Technologies •5 min Simulant material could aid in Fukushima cleanup Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutSLS A new simulation of the most dangerous radioactive debris from the Fukushima nuclear power plant will help with clean-up efforts.
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 •8 min Ultrafast control of quantum materials Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutSwissFEL Using light to fundamentally change the properties of solids
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.
14.06.2021 •Future Technologies •9 min Magnetic nanoworld Further information aboutMaterials research At PSI, researchers come across exotic phenomena such as frustrated magnets and nano-vortices, which may one day enable better data storage.
09.06.2021 •Future Technologies •8 min How catalysts age Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutIndustry Relations Further information aboutSLS Catalysts used in industry change their material structure over the years. Using a new method, PSI researchers have now studied this on the nanoscale.
22.04.2021 •Future Technologies •10 min Uniquely sharp X-ray view Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutSwissFEL A new PSI method allows quantum-physical research on materials with the aid of X-ray lasers.
14.04.2021 •Future Technologies •7 min Water and quantum magnets share critical physics Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutQuantum research At high pressure, liquid water and water vapour merge together – the phase boundary disappears. Researchers have now discovered a similar behaviour in a quantum magnet.
01.04.2021 •Future Technologies •12 min Compact and high-performance, like a Swiss Army knife Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutSwissFEL The X-ray free-electron laser SwissFEL really is as high-performance and versatile as planned.
15.12.2020 •Future Technologies •6 min Look Inside a Chemical Reactor Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutSLS Operando X-ray spectrotomography allows scientists to look inside of functioning chemical reactors. A research team at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), at Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in France have employed this method successfully.
22.09.2020 •Future Technologies •7 min Customising an electronic material Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutSLS PSI scientists have investigated a material that could be suitable for future data storage applications. They have manipulated the crystalline structure of their sample while measuring how this affects the material’s magnetic and electronic properties.
21.09.2020 •Future Technologies •6 min Better catalysts for a sustainable bioeconomy Further information aboutMaterials research Further information aboutSLS Zeolites are already indispensable additives in the chemical industry – researchers from PSI and ETH Zurich suggest ways to make them still more efficient.