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Research Using Neutrons

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28 April 2022
Marc Janoschek

Thinking in different time frames

Research Using Neutrons

Marc Janoschek explains the significance of PSI’s involvement in the European Spallation Source.

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4 March 2022
Prof. Dr. Marc Janoschek

Waves on circular paths

Research Using Neutrons

Energy-efficient alternative to information transmission with electric current

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14 December 2021
Marc Janoschek

The world’s most powerful neutron microscope

Research Using Neutrons

PSI scientists help construct the new European Spallation Source ESS

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12 October 2021
Diese 3-D-Grafik zeigt die SINQ, die zur Herstellung von Radionukliden für medizinische Zwecke dient.

3D view: the Swiss Spallation Neutron Source SINQ

Large Research Facilities Research Using Neutrons

What are neutron guides and what is liquid deuterium used for at SINQ? Our 3D graphic of the Swiss neutron spallation source SINQ provides insights.

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23 September 2021
Diese 3-D-Grafik zeigt die SINQ, die zur Herstellung von Radionukliden für medizinische Zwecke dient.

Novel and emerging medical radionuclides

Media Releases Human Health Research Using Neutrons

Better treatment for disseminated cancer.

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18 January 2021
Georg Bison (links), Bernhard Lauss (Mitte) und Klaus Kirch

Magnetically shielded from the rest of the world

Research Using Neutrons Matter and Material Particle physics CHRISP

At the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, researchers together with a company have constructed a room that is one of the best magnetically shielded places on the earth. With its help, they want to solve the last mysteries of matter and answer a fundamental question: Why does matter - and thus why do we - exist at all?

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23 September 2020
Skyrmionen

Nanostructures with a unique property

Media Releases Research Using Neutrons Matter and Material

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have for the first time identified special nano-vortices in a material: antiferromagnetic skyrmions.

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28 February 2020
Philipp Schmidt-Wellenburg und Georg Bison

Tracking down the mystery of matter

Media Releases Particle physics Research Using Neutrons

At the ultracold neutron source at PSI, researchers have measured a property of the neutron more precisely than ever before: its electric dipole moment. That's because the search is still on for an explanation of why, after the Big Bang, there was more matter than antimatter.

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9 January 2020
Teaserbild zu Geigenlacke

Well varnished violins play longer

Matter and Material Materials Research Research Using Neutrons

Traditionally, violins are varnished to protect them from humidity and other environmental influences. At PSI, a scientific team has investigated how different coatings affect the instrument. Under no circumstances, they found, should anyone try to do without varnish completely.

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22 November 2019
Christian Rüegg

Radionuclides for cancer therapy are in great demand

Human Health Research Using Neutrons

Radionuclides open up new options for treating cancer. Christian Rüegg, head of the Research with Neutrons and Muons Division at PSI, explains the significance of the Swiss Spallation Neutron Source SINQ at PSI.

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21 November 2019
Teaser Krebsmedikament aus der Neutronenquelle

Cancer medicine using PSI’s neutron source

Human Health Research Using Neutrons

At the neutron source SINQ, PSI researchers are producing special radionuclides that aid in the development of new and more effectively targeted cancer therapies. In this they collaborate closely with the clinics in the surrounding area.

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12 September 2019
teaser bronze hand

A hand like no other

Matter and Material Research Using Neutrons

A 3,500-year-old bronze sculpture is being examined at PSI's SINQ neutron source. This will enable conservators to get a unique view into the interior of the sensational find – and gain insights into how it was made.

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22 August 2019
Teaser Grünzweig und Valsecchi

Visualising strong magnetic fields with neutrons

Media Releases Matter and Material Materials Research Research Using Neutrons

For the first time, PSI researchers have used neutrons to visualise very strong magnetic fields that are up to one million times stronger than Earth's magnetic field. This now makes it possible to study magnets that are already installed in devices such as magnetic resonance tomography systems or alternators.

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21 June 2019
teaser ariane

PSI imaging helps with rocket launches

Media Releases Matter and Material Industrial co-operation Research Using Neutrons

PSI researchers are helping the European space program: Their neutron imaging serves to ensure the quality of critical components for rocket launches.

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11 March 2019
teaser picture

Cladding tubes and their properties

Energy and Environment Nuclear Power Plant Safety Research Using Neutrons

In the Nuclear Energy and Safety Research Division at PSI, Johannes Bertsch focuses on the so-called cladding tubes that are used in nuclear power plants.

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15 February 2019

Watching electrons and switching bits on

Micro- and Nanotechnology Energy and Environment Matter and Material Materials Research Industrial co-operation Research Using Synchrotron Light Research Using Neutrons

Electronics should get smaller, faster, and above all more energy-efficient. These themes are also present in several research groups at PSI. From incremental improvements to complete rethinking – who is currently working on what?

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30 January 2019

Now it's time for something new

SwissFEL Matter and Material Materials Research Research Using Synchrotron Light Research Using Neutrons Research with muons

If you make electronic components smaller, they unfortunately get hotter. Also, we will soon reach the limit of technically feasible miniaturisation. At PSI, Gabriel Aeppli and Christian Rüegg are working on fundamentally new, physical solutions for better computers and data storage devices.

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6 December 2018

EU grants 14 million to Swiss Researchers

Media Releases Materials Research Matter and Material Research Using Neutrons Large Research Facilities

A team with three researchers from the ETH Domain has been awarded a prestigious EU grant. Today, they received the contract signed by the EU confirming the extraordinary 14 million euros funding. With it, they will investigate quantum effects which could become the backbone of future electronics.

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26 October 2018

Making the impossible possible

Media Releases Materials Research Matter and Material Research Using Neutrons

Use of multiferroic materials promises more energy-efficient computers because in these, an electric field would suffice to achieve magnetic data storage. Researchers at PSI have now made such a material suitable for computer operating temperatures.

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24 July 2018

Material from PSI helps to check inconsistencies in the Big Bang theory

Media Releases Research Using Neutrons Matter and Material Particle physics

Shortly after the Big Bang, radioactive Beryllium-7 atoms were formed, which today, throughout the universe, they have long since decayed. A sample of beryllium-7 artificially produced at PSI has now helped researchers to better understand the first minutes of the universe.

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