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Neuer Bauplan für stabilere Quantencomputer
PSI-Forscher haben gezeigt, wie sich schnellere und genauere Quantenbits erschaffen liessen. Die zentralen Elemente sind dabei magnetische Atome aus der Klasse der sogenannten Seltenen Erden, die gezielt in das Kristallgitter eines Materials eingebracht würden.
Priority access call for work on combating COVID-19 continues
On January 30th, 2020, the WHO declared the recent outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a public health emergency of international concern. It declared that there is an urgent need to improve our understanding of the newly identified virus and its possible future evolution as well as to contain the spread; to develop precise diagnostics and treatment, and to improve the public health response and patient care.
The COVID priority access call continues and is still open in 2021.
Clocking the movement of electrons inside an atom
Scientists pioneer an approach called self-referenced streaking, clocking Auger electrons with sub-femtosecond resolution. The breakthrough will unlock the broader potential for attosecond time resolution at X-ray free-electron lasers
SLS 2.0 approved - TOMCAT 2.0 cleared for takeoff!
In December 2020 the Swiss parliament approved the Swiss Dispatch on Promotion of Education, Research and Innovation (ERI) for 2021 to 2024 which includes funding for the planned SLS 2.0 upgrade. The new machine will lead to significantly increased brightness, thus providing a firm basis for keeping the SLS and its beamlines state-of-the-art for the decades to come. The TOMCAT crew is very excited that the TOMCAT 2.0 plans (deployment of the S- and I-TOMCAT branches, see SLS 2.0 CDR, p. 353ff) have been included in the Phase-I beamline upgrade portfolio. These beamlines will receive first light right after the commissioning of the SLS 2.0 machine around mid 2025. A first milestone towards this goal has just been achieved, with the successful installation of the S-TOMCAT optics hutch during W1 of 2021. The TOMCAT scientific and technical staff would like to thank Mr. Nolte and his Innospec crew for delivering perfectly on schedule.
PSI rüstet die Synchrotron Lichtquelle Schweiz SLS für die Zukunft
Grünes Licht für die SLS 2.0: Das geplante Upgrade der Synchrotron Lichtquelle Schweiz SLS kann stattfinden, die Finanzierung ist im Rahmen der BFI-Botschaft 2021-2024 zugesichert, die Mitte Dezember verabschiedet wurde.
Dreidimensionaler Blick in aktive Katalysatoren
Die operando-Röntgenspektroskopie erlaubt einen Blick ins Innere laufender Chemiereaktoren. Forschende des Karlsruher Instituts für Technologie (KIT), am Paul Scherrer Institut PSI und an der European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Frankreich setzen die Methode erfolgreich ein.
Der Bibliothekar der Petabytes
Das geplante Upgrade der Synchrotron Lichtquelle Schweiz SLS muss schon jetzt vorbereitet werden. Um der künftigen Forschung gerecht zu werden, schätzt Alun Ashton die Datenmenge ab, die die kommenden Experimente produzieren werden.
Meilenstein für zweite Strahllinie des SwissFEL
Am Freie-Elektronen-Röntgenlaser SwissFEL des Paul Scherrer Instituts PSI wird zurzeit die zweite Strahllinie in Betrieb genommen. Mittels «Athos» wollen Forschende verstehen, wie Katalysatoren funktionieren oder Biomoleküle Erbkrankheiten verursachen.
Magnetic vortices come full circle
The first experimental observation of three-dimensional magnetic ‘vortex rings’ provides fundamental insight into intricate nanoscale structures inside bulk magnets, and offers fresh perspectives for magnetic devices.