Matter and Material

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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23 February 2009

Entsteht Supraleitung doch ganz anders?

Media Releases Matter and Material Materials Research Research with muons

Publikation in Nature Materials. Ergebnisse vom Paul Scherrer Institut stellen gängige Theorien der Hochtemperatursupraleitung in Frage.This news release is only available in German.

16 February 2009

Supraleiter weisen Magneten den Weg

Media Releases Matter and Material Materials Research Research Using Neutrons

Publikation in Nature Materials. Forscher der Universität Freiburg und des Paul Scherrer Instituts PSI entdecken neue Form der Koexistenz zwischen Supraleitung und Magnetismus. Ferromagnetismus und Supraleitung vertragen sich eigentlich nicht. Über diese neue Variante im Wettstreit zwischen der Supraleitung und dem Ferromagnetismus berichten sie ab Montag, 16. Februar 2009 in der Online-Ausgabe des Wissenschafts-Journals Nature Materials.This news release is only available in French and German.

12 December 2008

Moleküle bei der Arbeit fotografiert

Media Releases Matter and Material Materials Research Research Using Synchrotron Light

Publikation in Online-Ausgabe von Science. Röntgenblitze am Paul Scherrer Institut zeigen, wie sich Moleküle während des Ablaufs einer chemischen Reaktion verändern.This news release is only available in German.

24 November 2008

Was beim Computer im Kopf vorgeht

Media Releases Matter and Material Materials Research Research with muons

Publikation in der Online-Ausgabe von Nature. Ein Forscherteam unter der Leitung von Alan Drew (Univ. Freiburg, Schweiz und Queen Mary College, London, England) und Elvezio Morenzoni (Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Schweiz) hat als erstes im Detail die magnetischen Vorgänge in einem Lesekopf – ähnlich dem, der Daten von der Festplatte eines Computers liest – verfolgt.This news release is only available in French and German.

19 September 2008

Superconductivity and Magnetism

Media Releases Matter and Material Research Using Neutrons Materials Research

From rivals to partners. The wild world of quantum mechanics produces states that are not predicted by the classical theory of physics. Today's edition of Science magazine includes a report of an astonishingly new type of state by an international team of scientists around physicist Michel Kenzelmann from the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland.

18 July 2008

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Super-Resolution X-ray Microscopy unveils the buried secrets of the nanoworld

Media Releases Matter and Material Research Using Synchrotron Light Micro- and Nanotechnology

Show Full VersionPublication in Science. A novel super-resolution X-ray microscope developed by a team of researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) and EPFL in Switzerland combines the high penetration power of x-rays with high spatial resolution, making it possible for the first time to shed light on the detailed interior composition of semiconductor devices and cellular structures.

11 January 2008

New discovery in superconductor research

Media Releases Materials Research Matter and Material Research Using Neutrons

Publication in ScienceSuperconductors take advantage of electron pairing to transport electrical current without resistance. They are therefore of central significance in energy research. An international team of scientists has published the latest research results in this field in today's edition of Science magazine