News & Infos Winner of Nobel Prize in Chemistry is long-term user of Swiss Light Source at the Paul Scherrer Institute The Paul Scherrer Institute congratulates Professor Venkatraman Ramakrishnan on the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Ramakrishnan is a long-term user of the Swiss Light Source SLS at the Paul Scherrer Institut in Switzerland. He used this facility for his prize winning studies on the structure of the ribosome. Media release >> Controlling the electronic surface properties of a material A recent breakthrough sees for the first time the creation of thin films with controllable electronic properties. This discovery could have a large impact on future applications in sensors and computing. Media release >> Temperature response in the Altai lags solar forcing A research team of the Paul Scherrer Institut shows in a recent publication that until 1850 the temperature in the Altai Mountains followed solar activity with a delay of 10 to 30 years. The strong rise in temperature since 1850, however, can only be explained by the increased concentration of the greenhouse gas CO2 in the atmosphere. Media release >> Superconductivity and Magnetism From rivals to partners The wild world of quantum mechanics produces states that are not predicted by the classical theory of physics. Today’s edition of «Science» magazine includes a report of an astonishingly new type of state by an international team of scientists around physicist Michel Kenzelmann from the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland Media release >> ETH Researchers determine atomic structure of the mammalian “fatty acid factory” Promising targets for drug development Mammalian fatty acid synthase is one of the most complex molecular synthetic machines in human cells. It is a promising target for the development of anti-cancer and anti-obesity drugs and for the treatment of metabolic disorders. Researchers of ETH Zurich have determined the atomic structure of a mammalian fatty acid synthase. Media release >> Sharpened X-ray vision New technology from PSI and EPFL for hospitals and airports. Media release >> New PSI Director The Swiss Federal Council has elected Joël François Mesot, Head of the Laboratory for Neutron Scattering of PSI and ETH Zurich. Media release >> Year round proton therapy at PSI One of the world’s most advanced facilities for cancer treatment has a new cyclotron dedicated to patient treatment. Media release >> 7th PSI Summer School on Condensed Matter Research PSI Summerschool on Particle Physics Archiv Energie-Spiegel No. 19 Caution – Particulates! (PDF) Le point sur l’énergie No. 19 Attention: Poussières fines! (PDF)