Muonic X-rays peer into brooch from Roman city

Using Muon Induced X-ray Emission, researchers could reveal the inner composition of a knob-bow fibula, excavated at Augusta Raurica in northern Switzerland.

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A star is born

Swiss Light Source SLS reveals complex chemistry inside ‘stellar nurseries’

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How to squash things carefully

A new in situ uniaxial pressure cell at Paul Scherrer Institute PSI gives scientists unrivalled control to tweak quantum materials microscopically and tune their properties.

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Unconventional superconductivity found in kagome metal

Physicists using muon spin spectroscopy at PSI make the missing link between their recent breakthrough in Nature and unconventional superconductivity

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X-ray tomography helps understand how the heart beats

Researchers at the Swiss Light Source SLS use X-ray phase contrast imaging to study a heart in action as it beats.

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Making the most of our data

New initiatives will develop open data practices in key strategic areas including electron microscopy and materials science at Paul Scherrer Institute PSI.

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Support for Ukraine

The war in Ukraine is causing great hardship for many people. The Paul Scherrer Institute has taken a number of measures to offer a hand to those affected.

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