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23 May 2022
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Visiting the researchers

Miscellaneous

A tour through the new exhibition in the PSI Visitor Centre

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28 February 2022
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The ETH Board and the institutions of the ETH Domain reaffirm their solidarity with Ukraine

Miscellaneous

                                             

 

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11 February 2022
Internationaler Frauentag

International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Miscellaneous

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

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7 February 2022
Schütler

Sounds of science

Miscellaneous

Can you see sounds? Obviously not. Nevertheless, this Gallery attempts the seemingly impossible, building a visual bridge to the soundscape the ear perceives all around PSI.

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6 December 2021
park innovaare

A lively enterprise zone close by

Large Research Facilities Miscellaneous Industrial co-operation

Park Innovaare located next to PSI is growing, further pursuing its mission to help cutting-edge Swiss research transition to concrete applications and profitable companies.

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14 October 2021
Dr. Aldo Antognini

The link between theory and experiment

Miscellaneous Industrial co-operation

Without fundamental constants there is no physics.

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10 September 2021
sihyuerek

"I wanted to do something concrete that I could be proud of"

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Apprenticeship in the ETH Domain: PSI polymechanic Rohat Sihyürek tells.

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10 August 2021
Das PSI bei Nacht

PSI by night

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Artificial light, singular radiance: Five pictures show PSI by night.

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27 May 2021
Teaser Magnetismus

A "magical" power with major impact

Miscellaneous

Microrobots, materials with shape memory, and better particle accelerators are made possible through the exploration of magnetism at PSI.

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4 March 2021
Teaser Allenspach

"Numbers help us improve"

Miscellaneous

Peter Allenspach is head of the Logistics Division at PSI. Through his work, he always has his eye on the numbers that describe the Institute.

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22 February 2021
Dimensionen am PSI Teaser

Infografic «Dimensions at PSI»

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From the smallest particles to space missions: The range of dimensions that can be found at PSI invites you on a journey through the orders of magnitude.

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8 February 2021
Areal Teaser

Infografic «The PSI campus»

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It's no coincidence that 5232 is the title of the PSI magazine: It is the unique postal code of the Institute. On the site of the PSI campus, the size of 48 football fields, there are still more numbers to discover, from daily coffee consumption to hundreds of thousands of metres of fibre-optic cables.

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2 February 2021
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Infographic «People at PSI»

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PSI has around 2,100 employees, including 800 researchers. In addition, guest researchers and visitors are regularly on site. Our infographic shows the people at PSI.

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12 January 2021
Elektronenquelle

The art of engineering

Miscellaneous

The art of engineering means, first of all, the skill required to design and manufacture devices that enable top technical performance. This gallery shows, in five pictures, that this term can also be understood differently if the devices are regarded as works of art with their very own aesthetic, apart from their actual function.

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24 November 2020
Teaser:  Besondere Zeiten am PSI

Extraordinary times at PSI

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In view of the coronavirus pandemic, the Paul Scherrer Institute changed to the extraordinary situation in spring 2020. By then, only a maximum of 20 percent of all PSI employees work at PSI. Five pictures show how research and operations at PSI nevertheless continued.

 

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23 October 2020
Waldrundgang Teaser

SwissFEL: a perfect habitat for the black mortar bee

Large Research Facilities SwissFEL Miscellaneous Environment

For the construction of the SwissFEL facility in 2013, around five hectares of forest were cleared and transformed into a new habitat for flora and fauna. Biologists and forest engineers have now assessed the results of the renaturization project and are excited about the progress to date.

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3 September 2019
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A floating lab

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To investigate Arctic water, ice, and air, 40 scientists cruised to the North Pole on the icebreaker Oden in the summer of 2018. Two atmospheric researchers from PSI were on board.

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15 October 2018
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30 years Paul Scherrer Institute PSI

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Ceremony with invited guests from politics, business and sciencePSI held its 30 Years of PSI ceremony. The PSI showed guests what it has achieved over the past three decades, with results that could be of benefit to everyone in Switzerland.

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13 September 2018

The Swiss Federal Interim Storage Facility

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In medicine, industry, and research as well as in power generation radioactive waste occurs. In Switzerland, there are currently two central interim storage facilities. The Federal interim storage facility for waste stemming from medicine, industry and research is located on the grounds of PSI.

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18 May 2018
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A day as a young scientist

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Physics isn't everyone's favourite subject. At the iLab of the Paul Scherrer Institute, students experience the material in a different way: with experiments instead of memorising formulas.

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