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The European Research Council approves PSI projects for the development of a quantum computer and brain research worth about 5 million euros.

PSI scientists have shed light on the structure of an important component of the eye: CNG ion channels whose job is to relay optical signals to the brain.

This gallery presents five people who have been treated at the PSI's Center for Proton Therapy.

Boosted with superconductivity: Semiconductor technology can get a new twist by exploiting quantum effects in superconductors.

Kantonsspital Baden and the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have signed a cooperation agreement.

Combining two chemotherapeutic drugs inhibits tumour growth.

PSI scientists help construct the new European Spallation Source ESS

Park Innovaare located next to PSI is growing, further pursuing its mission to help cutting-edge Swiss research transition to concrete applications and profitable companies.

The key is to eliminate methane leaks.

In partnership with Roche, PSI scientists are developing new, potentially more efficient catalysts for manufacturing active substances for drug therapies.

25 November 1996: a world first for PSI’s Center for Proton Therapy in treating a cancer patient using the spot-scanning technique.

On 9 November 2021 a lung cancer patient was given proton therapy at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI for the first time in Switzerland.

New study explores methods for using waste gas efficiently.

Margit Schwikowski is head of the Laboratory for Environmental Chemistry at PSI. In an interview, she explains what aerosols have to do with climate change.

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI start operation of a revolutionary pilot plant for production of synthetic biogas.

An interview with Mike Seidel, Head of the Large Research Facilities Division.

Using light to fundamentally change the properties of solids

PSI researchers identify potential active agent against several unicellular parasites – including the pathogens that cause malaria and toxoplasmosis.

Without fundamental constants there is no physics.

What are neutron guides and what is liquid deuterium used for at SINQ? Our 3D graphic of the Swiss neutron spallation source SINQ provides insights.