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Stephan Allenspach received the SNSS Young Scientists Prize
Congratulations to Stephan Allenspach for receiving the Young Scientist Prize of the Swiss Neutron Scattering Society for his outstanding PhD thesis. Stephan did his PhD in the Quantum Criticality and Dynamics Group lead by Christian Rüegg.
Seeking the sensational on a small scale
The Swiss Research Magazine 'Horizons' features particle physics performed at PSI.
Hercules and batteries, X-rayed
Developments of the MIXE technique at PSI
With muons, PSI researchers can examine objects non-destructively. This helps in archaeology and battery development.
SANS-LLB at PSI: keeping up with the soft matter community needs
The shutdown of the Orphée reactor at LLB (Saclay, France) and the upgrade of the SINQ neutron guide system at PSI (Villigen, Switzerland) in 2019 were the beginning of a long-term collaboration between PSI and LLB. The SANS-LLB instrument, formerly known as PA20, has travelled more than 500 km, and since 2020 is being installed at SINQ/PSI as a collaborative effort between PSI and LLB. The aim is to make a modern SANS instrument available to the soft matter neutron scattering community at the SINQ spallation source.
Blick in die magnetische Zukunft
PSI-Forschende beobachten erstmals spezifisches Verhalten von magnetischem Eis.
2 Millionen Förderung für die Suche nach neuer Physik
Philipp Schmidt-Wellenburg wird an einer Myonenstrahllinie des PSI ein neuartiges Experiment aufbauen.
Aldo Antognini Adjunct Professor at ETHZ
Aldo Antognini, currently lecturer and senior scientist at both ETH Zurich and the Laboratory for Particle Physics at NUM/PSI was awarded the title of Adjunct Professor at ETH Zurich.
High-performance detector for DMC enters hot commissioning phase
The cold neutron diffractometer DMC at SINQ is currently undergoing major upgrades. After the recent replacement of the cold neutron guide as part of the SINQ upgrade program, the installation of the new high-performance 2D position-sensitive detector successfully entered the hot commissioning phase.
Das schärfste Neutronenmikroskop der Welt
PSI-Forschende helfen beim Aufbau der Europäischen Spallationsquelle ESS.