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Research Using Synchrotron Light

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  • Synchrotron light
  • Studies on protein structures – understanding the basic building blocks of life
  • The Swiss Light Source SLS
21 November 2023
Intelligentes Glas und Musik aus der SLS

Smart glass and music from SLS

Research Using Synchrotron Light Large Research Facilities

Every year the PSI Founder Fellowship Programme supports new ideas for innovative applications with up to 150,000 Swiss francs.

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28 September 2023
sls

SLS 2.0: “Dark time” during the upgrade

Media Releases Research Using Synchrotron Light Large Research Facilities SLS 2.0

The SLS is shutting down temporarily as it undergoes a major upgrade.

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22 June 2023
Ganter

A metal alloy like a sponge

Research Using Synchrotron Light Large Research Facilities SLS 2.0

Once the vacuum chambers for the SLS 2.0 upgrade are the right shape, they still need a special surface coating.

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15 June 2023
René Sieber

A six-metre high oven

Research Using Synchrotron Light Large Research Facilities SLS 2.0

The most complicated vacuum chambers for the SLS 2.0 upgrade are being built in the PSI workshop.

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9 June 2023
Werkstücke

500 vacuum chambers for the new ring

Research Using Synchrotron Light Large Research Facilities SLS 2.0

Making the tube through which the electrons will race after the SLS 2.0 upgrade.

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5 June 2023
hero_20230427_sls-xil-beamline.jpg

PSI researchers use extreme UV light to produce tiny structures for information technology.

Research Using Synchrotron Light Materials Research Micro- and Nanotechnology Data Science

Synchrotron light can be used in follow-up after a heart transplant to determine whether the body may be rejecting the new organ.

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30 May 2023
Physikerin Cecilia Casadei

An algorithm for sharper protein films

Media Releases Research Using Synchrotron Light SwissFEL Biology Data Science Fundamentals of Nature

A newly developed algorithm allows measurements performed at X-ray free-electron lasers to be evaluated more efficiently.

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6 April 2023
Röntgenblick nach Herztransplantationen

X-ray imaging after heart transplantations

Research Using Synchrotron Light Large Research Facilities Biology Health Innovation

Synchrotron light can be used in follow-up after a heart transplant to determine whether the body may be rejecting the new organ.

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27 March 2023
adobe

How football-shaped molecules occur in the universe

Media Releases Research Using Synchrotron Light

An international research team reveals how fullerene is formed in the universe.

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8 December 2022
Prof. Dr Milan Radovic

New materials for the computer of the future

Media Releases Research Using Synchrotron Light Future Technologies

Researchers are identifying and studying material compounds whose unique properties could lead to the development of novel types of chip.

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20 October 2022
Excelsus

10 Years anniversary of Excelsus

Research Using Synchrotron Light Future Technologies Industrial co-operation User experiments

The PSI spin-off "Excelsus Structural Solutions" performs measurements at the SLS on behalf of customers.

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10 October 2022
Altar

Nanomaterial from the Middle Ages

Media Releases Research Using Synchrotron Light Miscellaneous

Unlocking the secrets of Zwischgold at PSI.

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8 September 2022
Thomas Schmidt

A piece of PSI history sets off on a long journey

Research Using Synchrotron Light Large Research Facilities SwissFEL

Off to new shores – a high-tech component is on its way from PSI to Australia by sea. In future, it will be deployed at the Australian Synchrotron in Melbourne.

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17 August 2022
sycorhytus

Weird fossil is not our ancestor

Research Using Synchrotron Light

X-ray light solves puzzle of human ancestry

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13 July 2022
Thorsten Schmitt

A better understanding of water

Research Using Synchrotron Light

Potentiometric map of water molecules created

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5 July 2022
Spiegelbildliche Moleküle

Making it easier to differentiate mirror-image molecules

Media Releases Research Using Synchrotron Light Health Innovation

Researchers have shown that mirror-image substances – so-called enantiomers – can be better distinguished using helical X-ray light.

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17 May 2022
Stampanoni Wang

Nominated: High-precision X-rays of breast tissue

Research Using Synchrotron Light Health Innovation Medical Science

Employing high-resolution X-rays to diagnose breast cancer – PSI researchers nominated for the European Inventor Award.

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12 May 2022
Magnete

SLS 2.0: The upgrade of the large research facility is progressing

Research Using Synchrotron Light Large Research Facilities SLS 2.0

The first special magnets required for the upgrade have arrived. In addition, the Canton of Aargau has released 9.75 million Swiss francs for the TOMCAT beamline.

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12 April 2022
Tobias Mühlethaler

How to find anti-cancer agents

Media Releases Research Using Synchrotron Light Biology Health Innovation

PSI researchers have developed a new substance that disables a vital protein in the cell skeleton.

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4 April 2022
Blick in die magnetische Zukunft

A look into the magnetic future

Media Releases Research Using Synchrotron Light Materials Research

PSI researchers are the first to observe a specific behaviour of magnetic ice.

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