The intense beams of X-ray light at the user facilities operated by the PSI Center for Photon Science shed light on the smallest structures of matter.
Lab News & Scientific Highlights
A B.B. King recording brings PSI scientists and tape preservation experts together to rethink magnetic tape degradation
PSI researchers have shown that several apparently different forms of magnetic tape degradation share the same underlying chemical origin but fail for different microscopic reasons – resolving a preservation puzzle first raised by an unplayable B.B. King recording from the Claude Nobs Collection of the Montreux Jazz Festival.
Quality over energy in X-ray production
High-quality electron beams pave the way for more compact and affordable X-ray free-electron lasers.
Renommierte Förderung für Spin-Quanten-Kombination
Aus zwei mach eins: Giacomo Sala verbindet am PSI zwei getrennte Physikwelten – die etablierte Spintronik und die junge Quantengeometrie. Der ERC fördert sein hochinnovatives Projekt mit rund 2,2 Millionen CHF. Es könnte den Weg zu effizienteren Datenspeichern ebnen.