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Fascinating research,or what are they actually doing there?

In these pages, we would like to present the Paul Scherrer Institute to an interested public in a generally comprehensible way. Here you can learn more about the research topics we are working on and the unique large research facilities we are using to find answers to a variety of scientific questions.

11 December 2019
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5,000,000,000,000,000 bytes from Villigen to Lugano

Large Research Facilities

During investigations of tiny structures with large-scale research facilities, huge amounts of data accumulate at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI. This data is archived at the CSCS supercomputer centre in Lugano, and the researchers use the supercomputer there for their simulations and modelling.

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2 December 2019
Willmott und Garvey

More magnets, smoother curves: The SLS upgrade

SLS 2.0 Large Research Facilities Research Using Synchrotron Light

The Swiss Light Source SLS is set to undergo an upgrade in the coming years: SLS 2.0. The renovation is made possible by the latest technologies and will create a large-scale research facility that will meet the needs of researchers for decades to come.

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27 November 2019
Teaser MM Christian Rüegg

Christian Rüegg appointed new Director of the Paul Scherrer Institute

Media Releases

On 27 November 2019, at the recommendation of the ETH Board, the Federal Council has appointed Christian Rüegg as the new director of the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI. The 43-year-old will take over from Thierry Strässle, who has headed the institute on an interim basis since the beginning of the year. Mr Rüegg is currently head of the Neutrons and Muons Division at the PSI. He will take up his new position on 1 April 2020.

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26 November 2019
Teaser Medikamente mit Strahlkraft

Brilliant medicines

Biology Human Health Radiopharmacy Medical Science

In the service of health, scientists at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI work with radionuclides and develop agents to treat cancer and to detect tumours. Their research provides support to hospitals and is of great interest to Swiss industry.

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22 November 2019
Christian Rüegg

Radionuclides for cancer therapy are in great demand

Human Health Research Using Neutrons

Radionuclides open up new options for treating cancer. Christian Rüegg, head of the Research with Neutrons and Muons Division at PSI, explains the significance of the Swiss Spallation Neutron Source SINQ at PSI.

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21 November 2019
Teaser Krebsmedikament aus der Neutronenquelle

Cancer medicine using PSI’s neutron source

Human Health Research Using Neutrons

At the neutron source SINQ, PSI researchers are producing special radionuclides that aid in the development of new and more effectively targeted cancer therapies. In this they collaborate closely with the clinics in the surrounding area.

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12 November 2019
Teaser Roentgenkleinwinkelstreuung

A fast and precise look into fibre-reinforced composites

Media Releases Matter and Material Research Using Synchrotron Light

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have developed a new process with which fibre-reinforced composite materials can be precisely X-rayed. This could help to develop better materials with novel properties.

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6 November 2019
Teaser Mikroroboter

On the way to intelligent microrobots

Media Releases Matter and Material Materials Research

It is reminiscent of a paper bird made with the help of the Japanese folding art origami: a microrobot that uses the force of magnetic fields to move. In the future, such small machines could be used, for example, in medical operations.

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31 October 2019
Teaser zur Infografik Feuer frei auf Tumore

Open fire on tumours

Biology Human Health Proton Therapy Medical Science

At the treatment stations of the Centre for Proton Therapy at PSI, tumours can be precisely irradiated from any direction. An interactive graphic explains how the protons get from the source to the body in order to trigger the elimination of tumour tissue.

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14 October 2019
Teaser Interview Petr Novák

From the Walkman to the electric car

Media Releases Energy and Environment Materials Research

Three researchers share this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry. They are being honoured for their respective contributions to the development of lithium-ion batteries. Petr Novák of PSI likewise works in this area of research and has known the three laureates personally for decades. In an interview, he tells about sitting directly across from one of them at the crucial moment.

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3 October 2019
Damien Weber

"It's important to keep doing research"

Human Health Proton Therapy Medical Science

Proton therapy is time-consuming and more costly than conventional radiation therapy, but its accuracy in targeting tumours is unsurpassed. An interview with Damien Weber, head of the Centre for Proton Therapy at PSI.

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26 September 2019
Bestrahlung

Cancer cells under attack

Human Health Proton Therapy Medical Science

At PSI, cancer patients receive a therapy that is unique in Switzerland. Bombardment with protons wipes out cancer cells  –  and does so more precisely than with any other form of irradiation.

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20 September 2019
Teaser 13 Monate in der Arktis

Thirteen months in the Arctic

Enviroment Energy and Environment

A PSI research project investigating atmospheric chemistry will be on board the icebreaker Polarstern on 20th September 2019. Researcher Julia Schmale talks about the upcoming expedition and her role in it.

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12 September 2019
teaser bronze hand

A hand like no other

Matter and Material Research Using Neutrons

A 3,500-year-old bronze sculpture is being examined at PSI's SINQ neutron source. This will enable conservators to get a unique view into the interior of the sensational find – and gain insights into how it was made.

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10 September 2019
Teaser Interview mit Tom Kober

"This is incredibly ambitious"

Energy and Environment Renewable Energies

Every three years, the World Energy Council explores possible developments of the global energy system under different scenarios. Tom Kober, head of the Energy Economics Group in PSI’s Laboratory for Energy Systems Analysis and one of the lead authors of the study, explains what the individual scenarios mean and how global warming could be mitigated.

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