Scientists used neutrons to investigate how hybrid implants made of magnesium and titanium change inside the body. The findings are important for developing better implants. © Adobe Stock
Scientists used neutrons to investigate how hybrid implants made of magnesium and titanium change inside the body. The findings are important for developing better implants. © Adobe Stock
23.02.2026
•Innovation santé
•5 min

How hydrogen affects titanium implants

Researchers use Swiss Spallation Neutron Source SINQ to study how medical implants change inside the body.

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Electric fields deflect the propagation direction of magnetic textures, as revealed by neutron scattering
Electric fields deflect the propagation direction of magnetic textures, as revealed by neutron scattering. © Paul Scherrer Institute PSI/ AI-assisted visualisation
16.06.2025
•Technologies d’avenir
•5 min

Steering magnetic textures with electric fields

Neutrons reveal a new way to control magnetism at the nanoscale

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La serrure miniature de l’époque romaine
La serrure miniature de l’époque romaine, qui date du IIIe ou IVe siècle après Jésus-Christ, est à peine plus grosse qu’un ongle et artistiquement fabriquée en or. Le mécanisme interne en fer s’est longtemps soustrait à l’observation, car les méthodes d’imagerie conventionnelles échouaient en raison de la densité du cylindre en or. C’est uniquement grâce à la neutronographie au PSI que l’on a pu scruter ses secrets sans la détruire. © LWL/S. Brentführer
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•Grands instruments de recherche
•9 min

Une minuscule serrure en or de l’époque romaine

Grâce aux neutrons, David Mannes du PSI a percé le secret d’un fascinant artefact archéologique.

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Dario Ferreira Sanchez vor der microXAS-Strahllinie in der Synchrotron Lichtquelle Schweiz SLS. Hier konnten die Forschenden mittels Röntgendiffraktion die chemischen Prozesse in der Lithium-Luft-Batterie offenbaren.
Dario Ferreira Sanchez vor der microXAS-Strahllinie in der Synchrotron Lichtquelle Schweiz SLS. Hier konnten die Forschenden mittels Röntgendiffraktion die chemischen Prozesse in der Lithium-Luft-Batterie offenbaren.
(Foto: Paul Scherrer Institut/Markus Fischer)
14.03.2024
•Technologies d’avenir
•8 min

Permettre l’utilisation quotidienne de batteries lithium-air performantes

Les faisceaux de neutrons et la lumière synchrotron révèlent les processus chimiques qui se jouent dans les batteries lithium-air.

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Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging (LNS)

The PSI Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging conducts cutting-edge research at the Swiss Spallation Neutron Source SINQ.

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Dr. Theresia Heiden-Hecht (left) and Maren Müller (right) from Forschungszentrum Jülich
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Green biomass as a sustainable source of protein

SINQ

The food industry is increasingly focusing on sustainable products. Proteins from green biomass are a promising option, as a research team involving the MLZ has discovered. These can be used, for example, as stabilisers in emulsions, such as in plant-based alternatives to yogurt, milk, ice cream, or cheese.

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•Large research facilities

Pressure and oxygen-isotope substitution on density-wave transitions in La4⁢Ni3⁢O10

SμS SINQ

Understanding the interplay between magnetism and superconductivity in nickelate systems is a key objective in condensed matter physics. Gaining microscopic insights into magnetism—particularly as it emerges near superconductivity—requires a synergistic approach that combines complementary experimental techniques with controlled tuning of external parameters. In this paper, we present ...

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Magnetic Signature of Chiral Phonons Revealed by Neutron Spectroscopy in Ferrimagnetic Fe1.75Zn0.25Mo3O8

SINQ

Lattice vibrations can carry angular momentum and magnetic moments under broken inversion or time-reversal symmetry, forming so-called chiral phonons. While such excitations have been explored in nonmagnetic systems via optical probes, their direct detection in magnetic materials and coupling to spin excitations remain largely unexplored. Here, using neutron spectroscopy,  ...

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