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🎉 The PSI spin-off Araris Biotech AG has been acquired by Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., for $1.14 billion – a great achievement, making it the first PSI spin-off to reach the exclusive 🦄"UNICORN" level! #Unicorn #ResearchAtPSI #TechnologyTransfer #FromResearchToMarket #PSISpinoff
A superlative milestone
PSI spin-off Araris Biotech AG achieves valuation at unicorn-level!
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March 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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🏅PSI’s Head of the Center for Neutron and Muon Sciences, Prof. Marc Janoschek, has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society – one of the most highly regarded honours in physics.

🎉Congrats on this well-deserved recognition of outstanding research!

#Physics #APSFellow #ResearchAtPSI
October 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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#YearInReview 2025 was a year full of exciting research at PSI: From boosting battery performance and simulating quantum systems, to mapping brain architecture and fighting cancer. #ResearchAtPSI
PSI Year in Review 2025
Twelve PSI research highlights in 2025
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January 5, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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ETH-funded studies are driving progress in #cancer #research. Thanks to new #radiopharmaceuticals, personalised treatments for AML and prostate cancer can become a reality. #HealthInnovations #ResearchAtPSI #ResearchMatters
Two ETH/PHRT-driven clinical trials: First patients recruited
Hope for personalised therapy for myeloid leukaemia and prostate cancer.
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February 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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How does the brain store information? Adrian Wanner of PSI is studying the architecture of working memory to better understand neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's. #Neuroscience #Alzheimer #ResearchAtPSI www.psi.ch/en/news/psi-...
Creating circuit diagrams of the brain
Using brain circuit diagrams to understand Alzheimer's.
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April 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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A boost for cutting-edge #ResearchAtPSI: Funding for the IMPACT project is ensured. ✨ This means: 10 billion #muons per second for research as well as the most powerful facility worldwide for medically relevant #radionuclides.
IMPACT: Upgrade at PSI research facility approved
Financing for renovations to PSI’s proton accelerator facility has been approved by the Swiss Parliament.
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December 19, 2024 at 10:05 AM
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Net Zero by 2050? 🛤️POLIZERO, a project of PSI and the University of Piraeus, has investigated model pathways for how Switzerland can become climate-neutral.

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POLIZERO: PSI project shows paths to climate neutrality
The net-zero target is achievable – if Switzerland sets the right political course now.
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September 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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New research shows that microtubule plus-end tracking proteins (+TIPs) self-organize into fluid fractal networks! These structures help position the nucleus for cell division—combining flexibility with strength.

📖 Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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February 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Researchers used SLS to uncover surprising magnetic behaviour in a kagome ferromagnet made from just iron and tin — paving the way for rare-earth-free motors.
#ResearchAtPSI #QuantumMaterials #IYQ2025
A new dimension of complexity for layered magnetic materials
X-rays reveal magnetic phenomena driven by interactions between the layers of a kagome ferromagnet
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February 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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#5232, the magazine of the PSI, is out! ✨

This issue is all about the art of quantum physics.

📖 Our magazine is available online:

English: www.psi.ch/en/news/5232...

German: www.psi.ch/de/news/5232...

French: www.psi.ch/fr/news/5232...

#Quantum #ResearchAtPSI #FutureTechnologies
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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PSI researcher Cornelius Hempel performs calculations on quantum phenomena using quanta.⚛️He uses ion traps to effectively slow down time and thus study ultra-fast chemical reactions – e.g. molecules in the retina of the eye.👀

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Zeitbremse und Ionenfallen
Cornelius Hempel berechnet Quantenphänomene mit Quanten. Klingt logisch, ist aber hochkomplex. Sein neuester Coup: ein Quantensimulator, der die Zeit verlangsamt.
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October 23, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Researchers at PSI are using #AI to make geological exploration more efficient. Their methods could help locate sites for storing nuclear waste and CO₂ and for tapping geothermal energy. #NuclearPower #Energy #Climate #ResearchAtPSI #ResearchMatters
Artificial intelligence explores the earth | News & Events | PSI
The characteristics of deep underground layers are determined using core sample images.
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September 23, 2024 at 1:48 PM
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Qubits are sensitive. 🫠 PSI researchers are developing ways to make them more stable and longer-lasting - working with ion pairs and optical tweezers.

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#ResearchAtPSI #QuantumResearch #Quantum #QuantumWave #QuantumFuture #IYQ2025 #QuantumCurious #QuantumYear
Terbium duet and other quantum art
To create more stable qubits, PSI researchers make terbium ions perform in pairs. Elsewhere, they are using optical tweezers to position atoms with high precision.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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How do #lithium ions (Li⁺) move within #batteries? PSI scientists have mapped the processes using #BraggEdges wavelength-resolved #neutron #imaging at ISIS. #ResearchAtPSI www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 22, 2024 at 11:40 AM
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🏆 Congrats to Laura Heyderman, winner of the 2026 Charpak-Ritz Prize by the French & Swiss Physical Societies for pioneering innovations in mesoscopic magnetic systems and synchrotron X-ray studies at PSI & @ethz.ch ! 👏 #Physics #CharpakRitzPrize #ResearchAtPSI
October 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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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.

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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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March 9, 2026 at 9:49 AM
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A laser in the PSI cleanroom writes spirals, circles & snowflakes – but not for fun: the process creates new magnetic structures with enormous application potential. @ethz.ch #Magnetics #Nanotech #ResearchAtPSI
Laser draws made-to-order magnetic landscapes
Researchers at PSI have found a surprisingly inexpensive and fast method to make localised alterations in magnetic materials.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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How do quantum materials really respond to light? 🤔
The answer is complex – and a new study from SwissFEL by @au.dk reveals it’s even more so than previously thought.💡
Curious to learn more? Check out the full article here 👇#ResearchAtPSI #QuantumMaterials #UltrafastScience #QuantumTech #IYQS
Disorder begins at the surface of quantum materials
Ultrafast X-rays from SwissFEL reveal unexpected light responses in quantum materials.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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PSI-Forscher Cornelius Hempel berechnet Quantenphänomene mit Quanten. Mit seinen Ionenfallen kann er quasi die Zeit verlangsamen, um ultraschnelle chemische Reaktionen zu untersuchen – z.B. Moleküle in der Netzhaut des Auges.

👉 Mehr dazu: www.psi.ch/de/news/psi-...

#ResearchAtPSI #Quantenforschung
October 23, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Netto-Null bis 2050? 🛤️ POLIZERO, ein Projekt vom Paul Scherrer Institut PSI & der Uni Piräus, hat Modellpfade untersucht, wie die Schweiz klimaneutral werden kann.

Mehr dazu 👉 www.psi.ch/de/news/medi...

#NetZero #ClimatePolicy #EnergyTransition #ResearchAtPSI #POLIZERO
September 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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PSI researcher Michael Weinold has been investigating what led to the triumph of LED lamps. His answer is “spillover effects”, innovative technologies originally developed for other applications. #ResearchAtPSI #ReserachMatters #EnergyTransition
Targeted funding of innovation for the energy transition
How do innovations arise and how can they be specifically encouraged for the energy transition? PSI researcher Michael Weinold has been looking into this question using LED lamps as an example.
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April 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Researchers at the PSI Center for Life Sciences have shown how botox enters nerve cells. This could enable a more effective use of the toxin, for example in pain therapy. #ResearchAtPSI #Biology #Medicine #HealthInnovation
How botox enters our cells
Researchers at PSI have identified structural changes of the bacterial neurotoxin botox that are important for its uptake into nerve cells. This finding could allow a more targeted use of botox in med...
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February 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM