Current upgrade projects and research initiatives

With its upgrade projects and research initiatives, PSI is providing new impulses and is securing its place at the forefront of international research.

For researchers

SLS 2.0 Highlights

16.09.2024

•Large research facilities

•9 min

Excited About SLS 2.0!

SLS 2.0

SLS

Researchers tell us why they are excited about SLS 2.0 and more brilliant light for science

09.07.2024

•Large research facilities

Installation of the first two front ends for the SLS2.0 completed

SLS 2.0

At the Swiss Light Source SLS of the Paul Scherrer Institute, another important step has been taken towards the completion of the SLS 2.0 upgrade project.

Solar modules on the roof of the Swiss Light Source SLS.

17.06.2024

•Large research facilities

•7 min

Aluminium and solar

PSI campus

SLS 2.0

The SLS building is currently getting a new roof.

More news about SLS 2.0

For researchers

IMPACT Highlights

No cutting-edge research without constant development, and no further development without actively engaged staff. HIPA has undergone several upgrades in the past 50 years, always expanding the range of scientific possibilities, and research into the further development of the facility itself is still ongoing. The team has grown accordingly.

27.02.2024

•Large research facilities

•9 min

Protons and other particles: The HIPA facility turns 50

IMPACT

Since 1974 HIPA has been accelerating protons for research.

20.12.2023

•Large research facilities

•11 min

„IMPACT is very important in terms of international competition“

Daniela Kiselev talks about the upgrade planned at PSI's proton accelerator facility.

02.02.2023

•Large research facilities

•17 min

More light in the darkness

Particle physics

IMPACT

CHRISP

At PSI, researchers want to fill the missing gaps in the Standard Model of particle physics with the help of the large research facilities.

More news about IMPACT

ESI platform highlights

Nachhaltiger Flugtreibstoff vom PSI-Campus

31.07.2024

•Energy and Climate

•5 min

Sustainable aviation fuel from the PSI campus

In collaboration with climate start-up Metafuels, a pilot plant for the production of sustainable aviation fuel is being set up on the PSI campus.

18.03.2024

•Energy and Climate

•7 min

Is climate-neutral air travel possible?

Energy transition

Mobility

ESI Platform

Air transport too is to become climate-neutral – how can sustainable fuels, like those developed at PSI, contribute to this?

12.06.2023

•Energy and Climate

•6 min

How can renewable electricity be used all year round?

ESI Platform

Energy transition

Energy systems

The federal government’s Energy Strategy 2050 envisages a substantial expansion of photovoltaic systems. But where will the electricity come from when the sun isn’t shining? The solution could be hydrogen.

More news about ESI platform

Current upgrade projects and research initiatives

Upgrade project SLS 2.0

For researchers

Overview

Time Schedule

SLS 2.0 Highlights

Excited About SLS 2.0!

Installation of the first two front ends for the SLS2.0 completed

Aluminium and solar

Upgrade project IMPACT

For researchers

Overview

Timeline

IMPACT Highlights

Protons and other particles: The HIPA facility turns 50

„IMPACT is very important in terms of international competition“

More light in the darkness

Test platform ESI

ESI platform highlights

Sustainable aviation fuel from the PSI campus

Is climate-neutral air travel possible?

How can renewable electricity be used all year round?

PSI's Initiatives

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