PX III focus size
Focus size at the PX III end station before and after the SLS upgrade
26.03.2026
•Large research facilities

Sharper, smaller, brighter: Improved Focusing at PX III after the SLS 2.0 Upgrade

The first experimental results from the upgraded X06DA-PX III beamline after the SLS 2.0 upgrade show measurable improvements of the focusing capabilities. Comparing the focus size before the SLS upgrade and afterwards, the benefit of the new storage ring becomes immediately evident.

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3D Slicing
24.03.2026
•Future Technologies
•6 min

Imaging electrical switching of ultraefficient memory devices

SLS illuminates how electrical switching in layered materials works

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Corinna Burri PSI Thesis Medal iii
18.03.2026
•Fundamentals of Nature

Corinna Burri wins the PSI Thesis Medal 2026

Corinna Burri's doctoral thesis, conducted in the QPS group, has been awarded the PSI Thesis Medal 2026

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Quantum events can unfold on attosecond timescales, making them notoriously difficult to measure. Researchers have now devised a way to measure the duration of quantum transitions without relying on an external clock.
Quantum events can unfold on attosecond timescales, making them notoriously difficult to measure. Researchers have now devised a way to measure the duration of quantum transitions without relying on an external clock. © EPFL 2026/iStock (bymuratdeniz)
18.02.2026
•Future Technologies
•7 min

Measuring time at the quantum level

Physicists using the Swiss Light Source SLS have found a way to measure the time involved in quantum events and found it depends on the symmetry of the material.

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PSI Center for Photon Science

The intense beams of X-ray light at the user facilities operated by the PSI Center for Photon Science shed light on the smallest structures of matter. 

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