AiiDAlab
11.05.2026
•Future Technologies
•6 min

AiiDAlab: software that drives research forward

The software platform AiiDAlab was developed for computer simulations in materials research. It’s now becoming clear that it's also useful in many other areas, such as atmospheric research, controlling experiments and teaching.

Read more
Scientists used neutrons to investigate how hybrid implants made of magnesium and titanium change inside the body. The findings are important for developing better implants. © Adobe Stock
Scientists used neutrons to investigate how hybrid implants made of magnesium and titanium change inside the body. The findings are important for developing better implants. © Adobe Stock
23.02.2026
•Health Innovation
•5 min

How hydrogen affects titanium implants

Researchers use Swiss Spallation Neutron Source SINQ to study how medical implants change inside the body.

Read more
Electric fields deflect the propagation direction of magnetic textures, as revealed by neutron scattering
Electric fields deflect the propagation direction of magnetic textures, as revealed by neutron scattering. © Paul Scherrer Institute PSI/ AI-assisted visualisation
16.06.2025
•Future Technologies
•5 min

Steering magnetic textures with electric fields

Neutrons reveal a new way to control magnetism at the nanoscale

Read more
Barely larger than a fingernail, the miniature Roman box lock from the 3rd or 4th century AD
Barely larger than a fingernail, the miniature Roman box lock from the 3rd or 4th century AD is skilfully crafted out of gold. The iron mechanism inside remained hidden for a long time because conventional imaging techniques were thwarted by the dense gold casing. It was only with the help of neutron tomography at PSI that the box lock could finally be deciphered non-destructively. © LWL/S. Brentführer
01.05.2025
•Large research facilities
•9 min

A tiny golden object from Roman times

PSI’s David Mannes has used neutrons to unravel the mystery of a fascinating archaeological artefact.

Read more

Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging (LNS)

The PSI Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging conducts cutting-edge research at the Swiss Spallation Neutron Source SINQ.

More about us
Veeraraj et al
•Large research facilities

An achromatic neutron lens

SINQ

Neutrons provide exceptional insight into materials, owing to their sensitivity to light elements, isotopic composition, magnetic moments, and high-penetration. However, neutron sources are polychromatic and of low brightness. Neutron optics provides a route ...

Baral et al
•Large research facilities

Beyond Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya: anisotropy-driven compact spin textures for low-power spintronics

SINQ

Demand for denser, lower-power data storage keeps rising, yet the metallic magnets behind most memory technologies dissipate energy through electrical currents. Magneto-electric insulators on the other hand offer an alternative...

Yabuuchi et al
•Large research facilities

Toward Hydrogen Isotope Separations through Strong Hydrogen Adsorption at Open Copper(I) Sites in an Ultramicroporous Metal−Organic Framework

SINQ

Metal−organic frameworks with coordinatively unsaturated metal sites (open metal sites) capable of engaging in orbital interactions with π-acidic gases are of interest for enabling ambient-temperature gas separations, such as hydrogen isotope separations. In view of the weakly π-acidic nature of H2, we sought...

More News
21
Aug
21. August 2026 • 11:15 - 12:15
•Auditorium (WHGA/001)
21
Aug

tba

Ulrike Lohmann
18
Sep
18. September 2026 • 11:15 - 12:15
•Auditorium (WHGA/001)
18
Sep

On Generating Image and Video Hallucinations

Sabine Süsstrunk
16
Oct
16. October 2026 • 11:15 - 12:15
•Auditorium (WHGA/001)
16
Oct

tba

Christoph Brand
More Events
  • Riesel EA, Fang Z, Fabini DH, Altman AB, Meng Y, Ghose SK, et al.
    Planar defect layers template a high-pressure InBi polymorph
    Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2025; 147(30): 26496 (10 pp.)-26505. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c06253
    DORA PSI
  • Ali A, Kaur G, Keller L, Isobe M
    Cluster spin glass state in Ba3⁢Sb1+xCo2-x⁢O9-σ: cation disorder and mixed-valence Co dimers
    Physical Review B. 2025; 112(2): 024409 (15 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/k7mm-g2zc
    DORA PSI
  • Král P, Graham JN, Sazgari V, Plokhikh I, Lukovkina A, Gerguri O, et al.
    Discovery of high-temperature charge order and time-reversal symmetry-breaking in the kagome superconductor YRu3Si2
    Nature Communications. 2025; 17(1): 1121 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-67881-4
    DORA PSI
More Publications