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Energy storage

What will the energy system of tomorrow look like?
What will the energy system of tomorrow look like?

Researching today how the energy system of the future will work: the containers and storage tanks in the ESI Platform allow the simulation of typical daily cycles of future energy systems. New industry partnerships are always welcome.


Proton therapy

Learn more about the history of proton therapy at PSI.
Learn more about the history of proton therapy at PSI.

High tech against cancer: At the Center for Proton Therapy patients are treated gently and efficiently using a procedure developed at PSI. The necessary protons are provided by an own accelerator.


Deep storage facility

How do the individual rock layers of the deep geological repository behave?
How do the individual rock layers of the deep geological repository behave?

How can radioactive waste be stored safely for up to a million years? Research into deep geological repositories requires suitable laboratories and massive computing power to simulate different scenarios in computer models.


Radiopharmacy

Try it out. Complete a radionuclide.
Try it out. Complete a radionuclide.

Targeted delivery of smart drugs: radiopharmacy work is carried out in specially equipped laboratories. The radionuclides used for research have to be prepared in so-called -hot cells.


X-ray technique

Do you want to travel inside a lung?
Do you want to travel inside a lung?

Discover micro and nano worlds: more than 20 measuring stations at the Swiss Light Source SLS are equipped with some of the world’s most advanced measurement instruments, which can be used to take incredibly detailed images of minute structures.


Materials research

Entdecken Sie die Welt des Magnetismus.
Discover the world of magnetism.

Discover micro and nano worlds: more than 20 measuring stations at the Swiss Light Source SLS are equipped with some of the world’s most advanced measurement instruments, which can be used to take incredibly detailed images of minute structures.


Neutron research

Have you always wanted to see the inside of a running engine?
Have you always wanted to see the inside of a running engine?

A voyage of discovery with nuclear particles: for neutron research to be possible, there must be a neutron source. At PSI, neutrons are knocked out from the atomic nuclei in the spallation source SINQ so they can be made available for experiments.


Quantum technologies

How does a quantum computer work?
How does a quantum computer work?

Tracking ultrafast processes in our body or experimenting on next-generation computers: both tasks are possible with the free-electron X-ray laser SwissFEL, which generates extremely short, precise pulses of X-ray light with laser-like properties.


Particle physics

Dive into the world of elementary particles and stand in the cosmic rain.
Dive into the world of elementary particles and stand in the cosmic rain.

Specialising in unsolved problems: the muons produced at PSI only live two millionths of a second on average. Despite this, they are useful in helping to solve the big mysteries of the universe.


Crystal laboratory

Find out why crystals grow at PSI.
Find out why crystals grow at PSI.

Small, fast and energy efficient: technologies of the future need materials with totally new properties. Growing customized crystals for research purpose requires different furnaces and plenty of time.


Detectors

Why can detectors from PSI also be found in Australia?
Why can detectors from PSI also be found in Australia?

Making the invisible visible: PSI develops in house its own detectors for X-ray sources, from the initial design through to the end product. This not only involves a lot of electronics, but also traditional tools such as soldering irons.


Biological research

How can you study tiny biomolecules in action?
How can you study tiny biomolecules in action?

Tracking ultrafast processes in our body or experimenting on next-generation computers: both these tasks are possible with the free-electron X-ray laser SwissFEL, which generates extremely short, precise pulses of X-ray light with laser-like properties.


Environmental balance

Are the solar panels on the roof or the electric car really as environmentally friendly as they promise?
Are the solar panels on the roof or the electric car really as environmentally friendly as they promise?

Which new technology is genuinely sustainable? Researchers working in technology and sustainability analysis need two things to make this judgement: as much data as possible, and computers to process the data.


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