Research on Covid-19

At PSI, several projects are dedicated to important research questions concerning the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus and the resulting diseases. We provide information on activities and projects, for example on investigations of lung tissue, on the production of proteins and antibodies or on ideas for new research on Covid-19.

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Hotlabor

Public Tour Hot Laboratory

Discover the Hot Laboratory nuclear facility during our guided tour, a unique experimental facility in Switzerland for the nuclear technology investigation and analysis of highly radioactive materials. This is supported by a well-developed infrastructure in terms of safety, analysis, and preparation, with unique laboratories at your disposal.

Ein Strahlkanal des SwissFEL

Public Tour of the SwissFEL

The SwissFEL is one of only five X-ray laser facilities worldwide that can generate hard X-rays in laser quality and make them available for research. During our tour, we will learn about the operation and main research objectives of the X-ray laser and then take a guided walk to view the key components of the 700-meter-long facility.

Protonentherapie

Public Tour Proton Therapy

Proton therapy is a form of radiation therapy used to destroy cancerous tissue with charged particles, specifically protons. Protons are particularly well-suited for this purpose because they deliver their greatest effect deep inside the body, directly within the tumor. At the Proton Therapy Center of PSI, we treat more than 400 patients each year. During our tour, we will introduce you to the treatment rooms and explain PSI’s contributions to the development of proton therapy.

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Public Tour of Energy Research

The PSI Visitor Center is part of the "Helle Nacht" event on November 2, 2024.

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Reentrant multiple-q magnetic order and a “spin meta-cholesteric” phase in Sr3Fe2O7

Topologically nontrivial magnetic structures such as skyrmion lattices are well known in materials lacking lattice inversion symmetry, where antisymmetric exchange interactions are allowed. Only recently, topological multi-q magnetic textures that spontaneously break the chiral symmetry, for example, three-dimensional hedgehog lattices, were discovered in centrosymmetric compounds, where they are instead driven by frustrated interactions. Here we show that ...

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Julius Springer Price 2024

Prof. Thomas Lippert, Editor in Chief at Applied Physics A, awards Prof. Boris Chichkov the 2024 Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics. 

3D image of a magnetic skyrmion

Skyrmion topology quantified in 3D

Researchers from an international collaboration between the United States of America and Switzerland have performed three-dimensional magnetic imaging of a magnetic skyrmion using soft X-ray laminography. This allowed for the investigation, in three dimensions, of the topological profile of the magnetic skyrmions.

Roboter

Mit dem Fanuc Industrieroboter zum erfolgreichen Bauprojekt

Im Herbst 2023 haben wir einen Fanuc Industrieroboter gekauft. Nach langem Warten wurde dieser am 1. Februar 2024 am PSI angeliefert. Leider musste der Roboter erst noch auf seine ersten Aufgaben warten, da ich zuerst noch meine praktische Abschlussarbeit beenden musste.

Lehrlingslager 2024

Lehrlingslager 2024

Dieses Jahr fand das jährliche Lehrlingslager des Paul Scherrer Instituts mit rund 70 Lernenden im Val Calanca statt. Während zwei Wochen arbeiteten die Lernenden in wechselnden Gruppen an vier verschiedenen Baustellen. 
 

Ian Shipsey

Ian Shipsey

The Mu3e collaboration is deeply saddened to by the loss of our colleague and friend Professor Ian Shipsey, Head of Department of Physics in Oxford and co-lead of the Oxford Mu3e group.