Current Media Releases
Please note:Not every media release has been translated into English. You'll find the complete list of published media releases switching to the the German version of this page.
9. March 2010
Forscher am Paul Scherrer Institut erhalten Titularprofessur an der Universität Basel
Das Argovia-Netzwerk des Kantons Aargau macht eine enge Verknüpfung von Aargauer Spitzenforschung und Basler Hochschullehre möglichHeute fanden am Paul Scherrer Institut PSI in die Antrittsvorlesungen der neuen Basler Titularprofessoren Thomas Jung und Frithjof Nolting, statt. Jung und Nolting leiten bereits seit mehreren Jahren eigene Forschungsgruppen am PSI.
This press release is only available in German
3. March 2010
Technology from the Paul Scherrer Institute detects proton collisions at unprecedented levels of energy
CERN has been able to take the first measurements of collisions between the highest-energy particles ever generated. These collisions were performed at CERN's new LHC accelerator and recorded with the CMS Experiment, which involved a key component (the barrel pixel detector) contributed by the Paul Scherrer Institute in collaboration with Swiss Universities. The first LHC operation in Dezember 2009 has now resulted in a first particle physics publications of the CMS experiment. This is after a remarkable short time , given the compexity and the size of this gigantic experiment with over 3000 physicists and engineers from close to 40 countries.8. February 2010
Magnetspeicher der neusten Generation sind 100 000 mal schneller als herkömmliche Festplatten
Computer-Festplatten könnten bald ausgedient haben: Forscher des Paul Scherrer Instituts PSI und der Universität Konstanz haben neuartige Magnetbänder untersucht und gezeigt, dass sie nicht nur sehr hohe Speicherdichten, sondern auch viel schnellere Zugriffszeiten als heutige Speichermedien zulassen. Leiter der Studie war Mathias Kläui, der am 1. April eine von der ETH Lausanne und dem PSI gemeinsam finanzierte Professur antritt.This press release is only available in French and German
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