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Eccellenza Professorship to Lea Caminada
Dr Lea Caminada has been awarded a Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship.
Unmögliches möglich machen
Vom Einsatz multiferroischer Materialien verspricht man sich energiesparsamere Computer, weil für die magnetische Datenspeicherung ein elektrisches Feld ausreichen würde. Forschende am PSI haben ein solches Material jetzt für die Betriebstemperaturen von Computern tauglich gemacht.
Marc Janoschek appointed new head of LDM
Dr Marc Janoschek has been appointed new head of the NUM Laboratory for Scientific Developments and Novel Materials LDM. He will take office on November 15, 2018. Marc studied Physics at TU Munich and did his PhD at PSI and TUM on "Neutron Scattering on Chiral Magnets". After that he went to the University of California in San Diego as Feodor-Lynen Fellow. Since 2011 he is head of "Neutron research" in the "Condensed Matter and Magnet Science" group in Los Alamos. For his research Marc has been awarded the Wolfram Prandl Prize and the Los Alamos Fellow Prize for Outstanding Research. We wish Marc success and satisfaction for his new duties and wish to thank cordially Peter Keller, who led the LDM ad interim since March 2018.
Founding Partners Sign Charter Establishing Neutron Source Consortium LENS
On September 12 representatives of eight European research infrastructures including SINQ at PSI signed the Charter of the League of advanced European Neutron Sources (LENS) at the International Conference of Research Infrastructures, ICRI2018 in Vienna. The signing ceremony marks the establishment of a new strategic consortium of European neutron source facilities with the aim, according to the charter, to “facilitate any form of discussion and decision-making process that has the potential to strengthen European neutron science via enhanced collaboration among the facilities”. The founding partners in the consortium include both European and national facilities in France, Germany, Sweden, Hungary, the United Kingdom, Norway and Switzerland. Other qualifying facilities are invited to join at any time.
ISNR honorary membership awarded to Eberhard Lehmann
The International Society for Neutron Radiology ISNR was founded in 1996 with the aim to organize regular conferences with the focus on the use of neutrons for imaging purposes. During the 11th World Conference on Neutron Radiography, held recently in Sydney (Australia) and organized by ANSTO, the Honorary Membership of ISNR was awarded to Eberhard Lehmann - in recognition to his contributions for the progress in the field of neutron imaging on national and international level. The Neutron Imaging and Activation Group NIAG of the LNS has been active member in ISNR from the very beginning. Presently and since 2014, Markus Strobl the head of NIAG is vice-president elected of ISNR – and was reelected recently until 2022. In addition, NIAG member Pavel Trtik is now representing PSI in the ISNR board until 2022.
Injektionsnadeln mit Neutronen durchleuchtet
Forschende des Paul Scherrer Instituts PSI, der Universität Basel und von Roche haben eine Bildgebungsmethode mit Neutronen genutzt um zu untersuchen, warum es entscheidend ist, dass mit dem Wirkstoff bereits vorgefüllte medizinische Spritzen kühl gelagert werden.
Vom goldenen Kaiser zum gefüllten Buddha
Mit Hilfe von Neutronen werden am Paul Scherrer Institut PSI antike Metallobjekte durchleuchtet. Dadurch erkennen Forscher, was in ihrem Innern verborgen ist, wie sie hergestellt wurden – und wie sie sich erhalten lassen.
Der Schwerarbeiter aus dem Misox
Aldo Antognini liegen Physik und Geselligkeit im BlutMehr als 2'200'000 Franken hat Aldo Antognini von der EU für sein neuestes Experiment bekommen. Er will herausfinden, wie der Magnetismus im Proton verteilt ist. Dabei wird der Teilchenphysiker nicht nur seine wissenschaflichen und technischen, sondern auch seine sozialen Talente einsetzen können.
Tauchgang in einen Magneten
Zum ersten Mal haben Forschende die Richtungen der Magnetisierung in einem dreidimensionalen magnetischen Objekt sichtbar gemacht. Die kleinsten Details in ihrer Visualisierung waren dabei zehntausend Mal kleiner als ein Millimeter. In der sichtbar gemachten magnetischen Struktur stach eine Art von Muster besonders hervor: magnetische Singularitäten namens Bloch-Punkte, die bisher nur in der Theorie bekannt waren.