Researchers at PSI have developed the world’s first achromatic lens for neutron imaging. The breakthrough could enable sharper, magnified views inside thick samples, from batteries to engines and materials. www.psi.ch/en/news/medi...
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A femoral neck fracture is common in old age – and this is not only due to low bone density. PSI researchers have examined the nanostructures in bone and discovered that they, too, could influence its stability. www.psi.ch/en/news/medi...
How do we see colours and movements in daylight? PSI researchers have gained new molecular insights into cone opsins – tiny proteins in our retina and masters of daylight vision. www.psi.ch/en/news/medi...
New insights into human vision
How the human eye is optimised for daylight: PSI researchers reveal the three-dimensional structure of cone opsins in their dark states for the first time
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Light in all the colours of the rainbow can be found at PSI’s large research facilities and labs. 🌈 Check out the spectrum of our research!
Nobel Prize-winning and incredibly versatile: MOFs are revolutionising materials science. At PSI, researchers are investigating how they can accelerate hydrogen production and filter CO2 from the atmosphere. www.psi.ch/en/news/psi-...
In medicine, stained tissue sections aid in the diagnosis of diseases. PSI researchers have now developed an AI system that could make both the sections and the staining of classical histology obsolete. www.psi.ch/en/news/medi...
Where exactly is each atom located within a material? PSI researchers have trained an AI system to find the missing positions of hydrogen atoms very quickly. This should aid in hydrogen storage research and could also be applied in the field of battery research.
On the trail of the missing hydrogen atoms
Representations of the crystal structures of materials often lack information about the positions of hydrogen atoms. PSI researchers have found a way to fill this gap, using AI.
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How can we improve the prevention of age-related diseases? At PSI, researchers are gaining new insights into bones, the brain and cells using nanometre-precise imaging.
High-precision insights into bones, the brain and cell nuclei
Some cells and structures in our bodies undergo particularly marked changes with advancing age: bone fractures become more frequent, and the brain usually doesn’t perform as well as it used to. Fundam...
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How do tumours change the haemogram? And can an algorithm detect this? Researchers at PSI are analysing chromatin images from blood samples – using artificial intelligence.
AI against cancer
A blood sample and artificial intelligence. PSI researchers are developing a method for cancer diagnosis using chromatin-based pattern recognition.
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During takeoff and landing, large quantities of tiny soot particles are produced. PSI researchers measured these particles near Zurich Airport, providing an important basis for potential air pollution control measures. 👉 www.psi.ch/en/news/medi...
Researchers benefit from the software platform AiiDAlab, which was developed by a team led by PSI and Empa. Its intuitive user interface makes it easier to carry out computer simulations and monitor experiments.
AiiDAlab: software that drives research forward
The software platform AiiDAlab was developed for computer simulations in materials research. It’s now becoming clear that it's also useful in many other areas, such as atmospheric research, controllin...
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It's time for me to bid farewell to the @psi.ch Swiss Light Source proposal review committee 👋🏽 Eight years & countless hard XAS proposals reviewed have earned me an SLS clock! It was a treat to take a whirl INSIDE the SLS 2.0 ring: a seriously impressive machine, get your proposals in! Tschüss! 🇨🇭💯
Researchers at PSI are developing new technologies and drugs to eliminate tumours more effectively: with greater precision and personalised approaches. www.psi.ch/en/news/psi-...
📩 PSI users: our quarterly Facility Newsletter is out! Get important information, an overview of the latest scientific highlights, upcoming calls for proposals and news from the PSI facilities: SLS, SINQ, SμS, CHRISP and SwissFEL. www.psi.ch/en/node/7390...
GEMS simulates geochemical time travel in seconds. A new consortium comprising PSI, ETHZ, Empa, the University of Bern, EPFL and Nagra is safeguarding the future of this unique PSI software platform. @nagra.bsky.social @unibe.ch @ethz.ch @empa-materials.bsky.social
A time machine to the most stable state
GEMS allows scientists to model the chemistry of complex systems. A new national consortium now guarantees the long-term development of this open-source software.
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A big shout-out to our muon community on LinkedIn! We are launching on 7 April a new online seminar series dedicated to muon spin spectroscopy: A μ Perspective: The PSI Online μSR Seminar Series. 📩 Want to stay updated? Subscribe to the mailing list online-muon-seminar@lists.psi.ch
Over the years, the 3D packaging of our DNA in the cell nucleus – known as chromatin – changes. As PSI researchers have now shown, this is why older cells are no longer as flexible.
Why cells respond “incorrectly” in old age
Researchers at PSI have established why the cells in our body react differently to stimuli and signals in old age compared with young cells. Their studies on human skin cells have shown that the chrom...
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PSI as a city. If you look closely, PSI resembles a small city. We present a selection of 11 facilities and services located on the institute’s 342,000-square-metre campus. www.psi.ch/en/news/psi-...
A step toward therapies with fewer side-effects: Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have observed how a drug for high blood pressure changes its effect within picoseconds – through irradiation with light. 💡💊❤️ 👉 Full Story: www.psi.ch/en/news/medi...
A new PSI study analysed 21 low-carbon fuels technologies across regions and time horizons to 2050. The result: location and financing are the deciding factors. Keep reading 👇 #NetZero #EnergyTransition #LCF #Hydrogen #ResearchAtPSI
The competitiveness of low-carbon fuels depends on location
Production location, financing, and innovation shape the competitiveness of low-carbon fuels.
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From the PSI lab to the brew kettle: Luc van Loon brings together chemistry and beer culture. His “Sauvignon Ale” is among the best beers in the world. www.psi.ch/en/news/psi-...
Where analysis meets flavours
Some see brewing as an art, others as a science – Luc Van Loon combines both these virtues at his brewery. With the nose of a sommelier and the precision of a chemist, the former PSI researcher create...
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How can we time quantum events that unfold within mere tens of attoseconds? Physicists have now developed a method to do just this – using the Swiss Light Source SLS. #QuantumPhysics #FundamentalsOfNature #FutureTechnologies #SLS
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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In Nature, a worldwide collaboration of scientists shines a light 💡 on a vitamin B12 photoreceptor in action – combining insights from SwissFEL, SACLA, @esrf.fr and Diamond Light Source. Lightsources.org #LifeSciences #StructuralBiology #ResearchInfrastructure www.psi.ch/en/news/scie...
Filming a vitamin B12 photoreceptor in action
SwissFEL shows the molecular events that occur when a vitamin B12 photoreceptor absorbs light
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Particle physics at CERN requires large-scale equipment. 2,000 silicon modules, each with half a million pixels, will form a new part of the CMS detector. 💫 A PSI research group is coordinating an international consortium for this purpose. www.psi.ch/en/news/psi-...
One thousand modules for CERN
At CERN near Geneva, tiny particles with extremely high energies are blasted at each other to answer big questions about the universe. The detectors that observe the collisions of these particles requ...
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Research with muons at PSI is being further strengthened: President Parmelin has approved funding for the NCCR Muoniverse. The improvements will benefit research into quantum materials and superconductors, aid industrial applications, and even provide insights into art history and archaeology.
Muons receive funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation
PSI gets an NCCR: The Muoniverse project will further expand research on the beamlines for elementary particles called muons – at the world’s leading facility for muon beams.
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As part of the IMPACT project, PSI is increasing the intensity of its muon source by a factor of 100. Such intense beams and new detector technology open up ground-breaking possibilities for particle physics and materials research.
“We’re pulling out all the stops”
PSI is increasing the intensity of its muon beams a hundredfold. This opens up entirely new possibilities for physics and materials research.
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How do you bring a large research facility into the 21st century? Electrical engineer Lorenz Moser made a crucial measurement system of the Swiss Light Source SLS fit for the major upgrade SLS 2.0. 👉 More on his work here: www.psi.ch/en/news/psi-...
Air Pollution in Europe: A PSI study using mobile measurements shows: In Sarajevo, wood and coal heating systems are the main drivers of particulate matter pollution – especially in residential areas in the evenings. More on this 👉 www.psi.ch/en/news/medi...
