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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
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17 May 2022
Stampanoni Wang

Nominated: High-precision X-rays of breast tissue

Research Using Synchrotron Light Human Health 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 Human Health

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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14 March 2022
SLS

Novel X-ray lens facilitates glimpse into the nanoworld

Media Releases Research Using Synchrotron Light Matter and Material Industrial co-operation

PSI develops a revolutionary achromatic lens for X-rays.

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3 February 2022
Grolimund

Simulant material could aid in Fukushima cleanup

Research Using Synchrotron Light Materials Research Matter and Material

A new simulation of the most dangerous radioactive debris from the Fukushima nuclear power plant will help with clean-up efforts.

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20 January 2022
Gabriel Aeppli

Towards compact quantum computers, thanks to topology

Media Releases Research Using Synchrotron Light Materials Research Matter and Material Quantum Research

In pursuit of particularly stable quantum bits, researchers have closely examined the electron distribution in two semiconductors.

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10 January 2022
SLS 3D

Millions in funding for brain and quantum research

Research Using Synchrotron Light Materials Research Biology Human Health Matter and Material Quantum Research

The European Research Council approves PSI projects for the development of a quantum computer and brain research worth about 5 million euros.

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22 December 2021
Vladimir N. Strocov

Semiconductors reach the quantum world

Media Releases Research Using Synchrotron Light Materials Research Matter and Material Quantum Research

Boosted with superconductivity: Semiconductor technology can get a new twist by exploiting quantum effects in superconductors.

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18 October 2021
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New active agent against parasites

Media Releases Research Using Synchrotron Light Biology Human Health Medical Science

PSI researchers identify potential active agent against several unicellular parasites – including the pathogens that cause malaria and toxoplasmosis.

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7 October 2021
3D SLS Hero

3D view: Swiss Light Source SLS

Research Using Synchrotron Light Large Research Facilities

Linear accelerator, booster ring, storage ring: our 3D graphic of the Swiss Light Source shows the inside of the facility and how it serves research.

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24 September 2021
Christian Schlepütz

X-ray microscopy with 1000 tomograms per second

Research Using Synchrotron Light Materials Research Matter and Material

A team at the Swiss Light Source SLS have set a new record using an imaging method called tomoscopy.

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10 September 2021
Das Rätsel der biegsamen Schale

The mystery of the flexible shell

Media Releases Research Using Synchrotron Light Materials Research Matter and Material

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

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1 September 2021
Niels Schröter

Exploring the practical benefits of exotic materials

Research Using Synchrotron Light Materials Research Matter and Material Quantum Research

Niels Schröter receives an award from the Swiss Physical Society (SPG).

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17 August 2021
SLS Kraneinbau

SLS: The new crane comes from above

Research Using Synchrotron Light Large Research Facilities SLS 2.0

The Swiss Light Source SLS is getting a second hall crane. But how can the 42-metre-long, 40-tonne monster get into the building? The only way is from above.

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4 August 2021
Furka hero

First light at Furka: The experiments can begin

Research Using Synchrotron Light SwissFEL Matter and Material

The path to experiments that are unique in the world is now open.

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27 July 2021
An old violin

Secret of Stradivarius violins revealed

Research Using Synchrotron Light Large Research Facilities Materials Research Matter and Material

As an international team of researchers discovered, the old Italian masters Stradivari and Guarneri relied on unexpected chemical additives in making violins.

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19 July 2021
Thorsten Schmitt

Understanding the physics in new metals

Media Releases Research Using Synchrotron Light Materials Research Matter and Material

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.

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5 July 2021
Corona Dunkelziffer

Tracking down unreported Coronavirus cases

Research Using Synchrotron Light Biology Human Health Medical Science Research on Covid-19

The University Hospital of Zurich uses proteins made at PSI for Europe’s first large-scale serology study on coronavirus prevalence in Switzerland.

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9 June 2021
Teaser ptychografie

How catalysts age

Media Releases Research Using Synchrotron Light Materials Research Matter and Material Industrial co-operation

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

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