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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.

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.

PSI researchers have developed a new method to attach proteins to the surface of virus-like particles.

Better treatment for disseminated cancer.

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

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.

PSI is establishing a new research division: Scientific Computing, Theory, and Data.

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

Using a combination of computer simulations and laboratory experiments, PSI researchers have identified new binding sites for active agents on the vital protein tubulin.

The SURE research project is up and running.

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

How chemical reactions in clouds can influence the global climate.

A precise look into the finest particles in the air shows how compounds harmful to human health are formed.

Can Switzerland, as planned, reduce its CO₂ emissions to zero by 2050? What is needed to achieve this? What could it cost?

In a new initiative, PSI and Empa want to jointly develop a process for producing kerosene from renewable resources.

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.