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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.

17 March 2023
The DRS4 (Domino Ring Sampler) developed at PSI is a microchip that, simply put, integrates an ultrafast oscilloscope onto a surface the size of a fingernail.

What can’t be bought, we develop ourselves

Large Research Facilities Particle physics

Many components for the experiments the researchers at PSI just develop themselves.

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13 March 2023
Smog in India

Extreme nighttime pollution in New Delhi air explained

Media Releases Energy and Climate Environment

PSI researchers find the cause of high nighttime air pollution in New Delhi

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6 March 2023
Energiezukunft 1

How can we secure our gas supply?

Energy and Climate ESI Platform Energy transition

Switzerland depends entirely on foreign gas imports. How can we escape from this dependence and guarantee our gas supply? Synthetic methane might be a solution.

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2 March 2023
musik

Music at PSI

Miscellaneous

Sometimes musicians drown out the technical background noise at PSI.

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20 February 2023
Medikamente mit Licht an- und abschalten

Using light to switch drugs on and off

Media Releases Health Innovation

PSI researchers record a molecular film of a cancer drug fitted with a photoswitch. This opens new insights for drug developers.

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16 February 2023
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A greener alternative for aviation fuel

Media Releases Energy and Climate Industrial co-operation Renewable Energies Environment ESI Platform Energy transition

Air travel with no carbon footprint – PSI and the Metafuels AG develop a new technology to produce sustainable aviation fuel.

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14 February 2023
Das PSI und VDL ETG arbeiten bereits seit zehn Jahren zusammen.

High-tech company VDL ETG: PSI’s new neighbour

Future Technologies Industrial co-operation

The Dutch company VDL ETG has signed a rental agreement with Park Innovaare.

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10 February 2023
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Encouraging equal opportunities in research

Miscellaneous

International Day of Women and Girls in Science: To celebrate the day, we present five outstanding women working in science at PSI.

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2 February 2023
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More light in the darkness

Large Research Facilities Particle physics

At PSI, researchers want to fill the missing gaps in the Standard Model of particle physics with the help of the large research facilities.

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30 January 2023
SwissPIC

Swiss PIC to support Swiss photonics industry

Media Releases Future Technologies Industrial co-operation

The technology transfer centre Swiss PIC will be located in the Park Innovaare.

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12 January 2023
Annalisa Manera

The best of both worlds

Energy and Climate Nuclear Power Plant Safety

Annalisa Manera works as a nuclear researcher at PSI and as a professor at ETH Zurich. A portrait.

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5 January 2023
Markus Jörg

Energy efficiency in times of potential power shortages

Energy and Climate Renewable Energies Energy transition

How PSI is continuously improving the energy efficiency of its own infrastructure and large research facilities

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30 December 2022
David Mannes

Further optimising car brakes

Media Releases Future Technologies

Research scientists at PSI and ANAXAM use neutrons to look inside brake callipers and identify potential ways of reducing CO2 emissions.

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19 December 2022
HIPA

A two-part upgrade for the proton accelerator

Large Research Facilities Medical Science Particle physics Research with muons Radiopharmacy

A two-part upgrade is planned for HIPA from 2025 to 2028. Preparations are already under way.

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15 December 2022
Zurab Guguchia und Kirsten Schnorr

3.1 million in funding for new research projects at PSI

Media Releases Large Research Facilities Health Innovation Future Technologies Fundamentals of Nature

The PSI scientists Zurab Guguchia and Kirsten Schnorr are to receive grants totalling CHF 3.1 million from the Swiss National Science Foundation for ground-breaking projects.

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For the general public

If, after visiting our Website, you would really like to know what our daily work routine is like – come and visit us. In the psi forum visisitor's centre, we welcome adults and teenagers, either individually or in groups. Homepage psi forum visisitor's centre

For parties of 12 persons and over, we offer a free-of-charge tour through our large research facilities, and for students we have founded the student laboratory iLab. School classes can visit us free of charge for a day, carry out experiments in the laboratory and then see from the large research facilities how the scientific principle studied at iLab is applied in routine research. Homepage student laboratory iLab

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