Communications

PSI maintains an open dialogue with the public. This affirmation in the PSI mission statement forms the basis for the work of the Communications department. The aim is to make the social relevance of research at PSI generally known.

PSI communicates with a vast variety of target groups. The Communications department creates a wide range of content for these groups: for the PSI website, for media releases, for social media channels, for the PSI magazine 5232 and for brochures. The Communication department also organises events for the general public. It operates the PSI Visitor Center and the PSI iLab.

News

26.10.2026

•Future Technologies

•7 min

Detecting radioactivity from the air – more accurately than ever

Environment Data Science Nuclear energy

In an emergency, every minute counts. PSI researchers have developed a method by which, in case of a nuclear accident, radioactive material can be identified within seconds and with significantly greater accuracy than before.

22.10.2026

•4 min

New federal collection facility

PSI campus

PSI operates the collection facility for radioactive waste from medicine, industry, and research on behalf of the Swiss federal government. A new building is now planned for this purpose.

In the image, an ultrashort laser pulse triggers collective excitations in an antiferromagnetic material, forming a wave.

19.10.2026

•Future Technologies

•8 min

X-rays show how quasiparticles interact in solids

SwissFEL Quantum research Materials research

Thanks to a new experimental technique at SwissFEL, researchers uncover the interplay between electronic, magnetic, and lattice excitations in a solid.

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