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Am 13.09.2025 öffnen wir unsere Türen für alle interessierten Familien, Fachpersonen und alle, die unsere Kita einmal näher kennenlernen möchten!
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🚀 Ready, Set, Go! – Der Startschuss für unsere neuen Lernenden & Praktikant*innen 🎉
Am 4. August war es soweit: 24 motivierte Jugendliche haben ihre Reise am PSI begonnen! 💥
Wir freuen uns…
🐬 Silently roaming the deep sea – 183 million years ago. An exceptionally well-preserved #fossil of an #ichthyosaur sheds light on the hunting strategy of this prehistoric marine predator. High…
The quantum revolution is just beginning. ✨ In 2025 — the UNESCO @International Year of Quantum Science & Technology and a century after the first quantum breakthroughs — we are entering a new era…
Rare disease, new insights:
A recent study at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI reveals how genetic mutations can alter the fine internal structure of tiny cell projections known as cilia. This makes…
The quantum revolution is just beginning. As 2025, the UNESCO @International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, marks a century of breakthroughs, we asked our expert Cornelius Hempel, Group Head…
💡 Zinc detected in clogged pre-filled syringes
Employees of the technology transfer centre ANAXAM and researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have been able to show, using the unique…
🇨🇭 Happy B-day, Switzerland! 🎂🎈 Alles Gueti zum Geburi, Schwiiz! 🎉🇨🇭
Sunrise over #VilligenValley – not a bad way to start August 1st, right? 🌄✨ How are you celebrating today — grill, hike, or beam…
The quantum revolution is just beginning. ✨ In 2025 — the UNESCO @International Year of Quantum Science & Technology and a century after the first quantum breakthroughs — we are entering a new era…
The quantum revolution is just beginning. ✨ In 2025 — the UNESCO @International Year of Quantum Science and Technology and a century after the first quantum breakthroughs — we are entering a new era…
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🔬 Who we are
We’re the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, Switzerland’s largest research center for natural and engineering sciences. As part of the prestigious ETH Domain, we…
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🧪 Experience research live
At PSI, science isn’t hidden behind closed doors — we open them for you:
👀 Explore the interactive exhibits at the PSI Visitor Centre and…
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⚙️ Where cutting-edge science happens!
PSI builds and operates Switzerland’s most advanced large research facilities, including:
🔹 SLS - Swiss Light Source
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Insights into the work of the ‘power plants’ of organic cells
New video from the series of #interviews with users of the @europeanxfel (for more videos check link in Bio)
The team led by Camila…
The quantum revolution is just beginning. ✨ In 2025 — the UNESCO International Year of Quantum Science and Technology and a century after the first quantum breakthroughs — we are entering a new era…
How does one measure radioactivity from the air?
🚁 With a high-tech detector, a Super Puma helicopter, and a clever algorithm.
In the latest #AdvancedComputing video, David Breitenmoser explains…
The quantum revolution is just beginning. ✨ In 2025 — the UNESCO International Year of Quantum Science and Technology and a century after the first quantum breakthroughs — we are entering a new era…
The quantum revolution is just beginning. ✨ In 2025 — the UNESCO International Year of Quantum Science and Technology and a century after the first quantum breakthroughs — we are entering a new era…
It’s a campus takeover… kid edition! This week, some of our youngest “researchers” took over the campus for our annual PSI Holiday Camp for employees’ kids. Five full days packed with games, mini…
A thousand years of simulation time – just to calibrate a radiation detector? That’s definitely too long. To find out David’s solution to solve this problem, watch the full video “Decoding Radiation”…
💡 Microchips, patents – and a scientist with foresight
The machines used to manufacture today’s nanometer-scale microchips are among the most complex technologies in the world.
At ASML, the…
Lehrberufe à la carte ✨: Am Sonntag, 29. Juni 2025 verwandelten die ca. 100 Lernenden des Paul Scherrer Instituts den Vorplatz des PSI Visitor Centers und des Personalrestaurants in einen Marktplatz…
Wirtschaftsgipfel der Mitte Aargau am PSI
Spannende Einblicke, zukunftsweisende Forschung und echte Innovationskraft – der diesjährige Wirtschaftsgipfel der Mitte Aargau fand am Paul Scherrer…
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Bei uns am PSI stellen die Polymechanikerinnen und Polymechaniker spezielle Vorrichtungen zum Bau unserer Forschungsanlagen und Experimentiereinrichtungen…
⚡What happens when electricity meets water – and turns into fuel?
💧Emiliana Fabbri from PSI explains how electrolysis splits water into hydrogen and oxygen – a key step for storing renewable energy…
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