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Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and ETH Zurich have developed a micromachine that can perform different actions. It measures only a few tens of micrometres across and resembles an…
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In serial crystallography, crystals are injected into an x-ray beam. When the beam and crystal collide, light beams are deflected. The deflected light beams are recorded by a detector. The structure…
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Protons are among the building blocks of all everyday matter. Measuring these building blocks precisely not only provides well-founded insights into their structure, but also helps to refine the…
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The Laboratory of Particle Physics (LTP) at the Paul Scherrer Institute pursues fundamental research, addressing some of the most up to date questions in modern, accelerator-based particle physics.…
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The causes of China’s record level fine particulate pollution in winter 2013. Dr. André Prévôt from the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI explains, how the fine particle samples…
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How can surplus power that can’t be fed into the electric grid be made usable? A fictitious day at the Energy System Integration Platform at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI. …
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Auf dem Jungfraujoch betreibt das Paul Scherrer Institut Aerosolforschung. Aerosole sind beispielsweise Russpartikel oder Pollen, die rund 1000-mal kleiner als der Durchmesser eines menschlichen…
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Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) have developed a coating technique that improves water management in fuel cells, thus raising their efficiency. The technique is suitable for mass…
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With a technology developed at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, around 60 percent more biogas can be produced from bio-waste than with conventional methods. But can it stand the test in practice as…
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By 2050 Switzerland is supposed to produce as many greenhouse gas emissions as can be safely kept in natural and technical storage facilities. How can we achieve this goal – and what will our…
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D’ici 2050, la Suisse ne devra plus rejeter dans l’atmosphère davantage de gaz à effet de serre que ce que ses réservoirs naturels et artificiels sont capables…
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Switzerland has no available fossil gas reserves. It also lacks substantial domestic storage capacities, like those used by Germany. Because of this, geopolitical conflicts and crises can lead to…
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The Paul Scherrer Institute - PSI - is the largest research centre for natural and engineering sciences within Switzerland. It offers a unique combination of accelerators and large research…
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A patient talks about the proton irradiation of her brain tumor at the Center for Proton Therapy (CPT). Since 1984, patients with eye tumors have been successfully irradiated with protons. The…
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The Laboratory of Particle Physics (LTP) at the Paul Scherrer Institute pursues fundamental research, addressing some of the most up to date questions in modern, accelerator-based particle physics.…
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Neutron Imaging is a radiographic testing method using neutrons. As such it is quite similar to X-ray, which is well known from medical applications. Neutrons are able to transmit material layers of…
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