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Matter and Material

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The manifold characteristics of the matter making up the world around us are determined by what kinds of atoms they are made of, how these atoms are arranged, and how they move. Most researchers in the “Matter and Material” field at the Paul Scherrer Institute are trying to clarify the link between the internal structure and the observable properties of various materials. Researchers in the Laboratory for Particle Physics investigate the structure and properties of elementary particles – the smallest building blocks of matter –and are therefore addressing questions about the basic structures of the world.

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8 June 2022
Augusta Raurica

Hercules and batteries, X-rayed

Materials Research Matter and Material Research with muons

With muons, PSI researchers can examine objects non-destructively. This helps in archaeology and battery development.

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17 March 2022
Philipp Schmidt-Wellenburg

Two million Swiss francs granted to search for new physics

Matter and Material Particle physics Research with muons

Philipp Schmidt-Wellenburg will set up a novel experiment at a muon beamline at PSI.

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14 March 2022
SLS

Novel X-ray lens facilitates glimpse into the nanoworld

Media Releases Research Using Synchrotron Light Matter and Material Industrial co-operation

PSI develops a revolutionary achromatic lens for X-rays.

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3 February 2022
Grolimund

Simulant material could aid in Fukushima cleanup

Research Using Synchrotron Light Materials Research Matter and Material

A new simulation of the most dangerous radioactive debris from the Fukushima nuclear power plant will help with clean-up efforts.

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20 January 2022
Gabriel Aeppli

Towards compact quantum computers, thanks to topology

Media Releases Research Using Synchrotron Light Materials Research Matter and Material Quantum Research

In pursuit of particularly stable quantum bits, researchers have closely examined the electron distribution in two semiconductors.

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10 January 2022
SLS 3D

Millions in funding for brain and quantum research

Research Using Synchrotron Light Materials Research Biology Human Health Matter and Material Quantum Research

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

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22 December 2021
Vladimir N. Strocov

Semiconductors reach the quantum world

Media Releases Research Using Synchrotron Light Materials Research Matter and Material Quantum Research

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

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24 September 2021
Christian Schlepütz

X-ray microscopy with 1000 tomograms per second

Research Using Synchrotron Light Materials Research Matter and Material

A team at the Swiss Light Source SLS have set a new record using an imaging method called tomoscopy.

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10 September 2021
Das Rätsel der biegsamen Schale

The mystery of the flexible shell

Media Releases Research Using Synchrotron Light Materials Research Matter and Material

Why the shell of a marine animal is soft in water but hard in air.

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1 September 2021
Niels Schröter

Exploring the practical benefits of exotic materials

Research Using Synchrotron Light Materials Research Matter and Material Quantum Research

Niels Schröter receives an award from the Swiss Physical Society (SPG).

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4 August 2021
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First light at Furka: The experiments can begin

Research Using Synchrotron Light SwissFEL Matter and Material

The path to experiments that are unique in the world is now open.

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27 July 2021
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Secret of Stradivarius violins revealed

Research Using Synchrotron Light Large Research Facilities Materials Research Matter and Material

As an international team of researchers discovered, the old Italian masters Stradivari and Guarneri relied on unexpected chemical additives in making violins.

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19 July 2021
Thorsten Schmitt

Understanding the physics in new metals

Media Releases Research Using Synchrotron Light Materials Research Matter and Material

Together with international colleagues, PSI researchers have now been able to make correlated metals more readily usable for applications in superconductivity, data processing, and quantum computers.

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14 June 2021
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Magnetic nanoworld

Materials Research Matter and Material

At PSI, researchers come across exotic phenomena such as frustrated magnets and nano-vortices, which may one day enable better data storage.

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9 June 2021
Teaser ptychografie

How catalysts age

Media Releases Research Using Synchrotron Light Materials Research Matter and Material Industrial co-operation

Catalysts used in industry change their material structure over the years. Using a new method, PSI researchers have now studied this on the nanoscale.

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22 April 2021
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Uniquely sharp X-ray view

Media Releases Research Using Synchrotron Light Materials Research SwissFEL Matter and Material

A new PSI method allows quantum-physical research on materials with the aid of X-ray lasers.

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14 April 2021
Wasser Teaser

Water and quantum magnets share critical physics

Materials Research Matter and Material Quantum Research

At high pressure, liquid water and water vapour merge together – the phase boundary disappears. Researchers have now discovered a similar behaviour in a quantum magnet.

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1 April 2021
Teaser Lemke

Compact and high-performance, like a Swiss Army knife

Research Using Synchrotron Light Materials Research SwissFEL Matter and Material

The X-ray free-electron laser SwissFEL really is as high-performance and versatile as planned.

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18 February 2021
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The Swiss research infrastructure for particle physics CHRISP

Matter and Material Particle physics CHRISP

Researchers are looking for deviations in the current standard model of physics and want to find out how our universe is constructed.

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27 January 2021
Aldo Antognini

Size of helium nucleus measured more precisely than ever before

Media Releases Matter and Material Particle physics Research with muons CHRISP

In experiments at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, an international research collaboration has measured the radius of the atomic nucleus of helium five times more precisely than ever before. The new value can be used to test fundamental physical theories.

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