Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)

The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) is a multi-disciplinary research institute which belongs to the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain covering also ETH Zurich and EPFL

Scientists develop painless and inexpensive microneedle system to monitor drugs

The new system consists of a small, thin patch that is pressed against a patient’s arm during medical treatment and measures drugs in their bloodstream painlessly without drawing any blood. The tiny needle-like projection, less than half a milimetre long, resembles a hollow cone and doesn’t pierce the skin like a standard hypodermic needle. “Many

Scientists develop painless and inexpensive microneedle system to monitor drugs

Finding sustainable petrol – how solar energy can be transformed into fuel

The sun is a clean and inexhaustible source of energy, with the potential to provide a sustainable answer to all future energy supply demands. There’s just one outstanding problem: the sun doesn’t always shine and its energy is hard to store. For the first time, researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and the ETH

Finding sustainable petrol – how solar energy can be transformed into fuel

Rechargeable batteries that last 30 to 50 percent longer and re-charge more rapidly

Materials researchers at the Swiss Paul Scherrer Institute PSI in Villigen and the ETH Zurich have developed a very simple and cost-effective procedure for significantly enhancing the performance of conventional Li-ion rechargeable batteries. The procedure is scalable in size, so the use of rechargeable batteries will be optimized in all areas of application-whether in wristwatches,

Rechargeable batteries that last 30 to 50 percent longer and re-charge more rapidly

New Laser Data Transmission for Computer Chips Uses Only a Fraction of the Energy

An international team of scientists constructs the first germanium-tin semiconductor laser for silicon chips Scientists from Forschungszentrum Jülich and the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland in cooperation with international partners have presented the first semiconductor consisting solely of elements of main group IV. As a consequence, the germanium-tin (GeSn) laser can be applied directly onto

New Laser Data Transmission for Computer Chips Uses Only a Fraction of the Energy

Superconductivity switched on by magnetic field surprises scientists

The possibility of directly controlling quantum states may be important for possible future quantum computers. Superconductivity and magnetic fields are normally seen as rivals – very strong magnetic fields normally destroy the superconducting state. Physicists at the Paul Scherrer Institute have now demonstrated that a novel superconducting state is only created in the material CeCoIn5

Superconductivity switched on by magnetic field surprises scientists

Germanium made compatible – faster communications on the way

Good news for the computer industry: a team of researchers has managed to make germanium suitable for lasers. This could enable microprocessor components to communicate using light in future, which will make the computers of the future faster and more efficient. Researchers from ETH Zurich, the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) and the Politecnico di Milano

Germanium made compatible – faster communications on the way

Pilot plant converts fruit and veggie waste into natural gas for cars

Everything the plant generates can be utilized Some readers might remember the Mr. Fusion unit in Back to the Future that Doc Brown fills with household garbage, including a banana peel and some beer, to power the iconic time-traveling DeLorean. While we’re still some way from such direct means of running our cars on

Pilot plant converts fruit and veggie waste into natural gas for cars

The Latest Research from Paul Scherrer Institute

Visualizing strong magnetic fields with neutrons - EurekAlert
August 22, 2019 - Visualizing strong magnetic fields with neutrons EurekAlertResearchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have developed a new method with which strong magnetic fields can be precisely measured. They use neutrons ...
Swiss research leads to cancer break through - Le News
August 29, 2019 - Swiss research leads to cancer break through Le NewsResearchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute recently deciphered the structure of the CC chemokine receptor 7 (CCR7), a signaling protein. Swiss research makes ...
Silicon as a semiconductor: Silicon carbide would be much more efficient - Science Daily
September 5, 2019 - Silicon as a semiconductor: Silicon carbide would be much more efficient Science DailyIn power electronics, semiconductors are based on the element silicon -- but the energy efficiency of silicon carbide would be much higher. Physicists explain ...
Swiss researchers decode cell receptor in cancer metastasis - swissinfo.ch
August 22, 2019 - Swiss researchers decode cell receptor in cancer metastasis swissinfo.chResearchers in Switzerland have deciphered the structure of a cell receptor, unlocking new hope for the prevention of metastasis of certain cancers.
Swiss researchers report on metastasis switch - European Biotechnology
August 23, 2019 - Swiss researchers report on metastasis switch European BiotechnologyResearchers from Paul Scherrer Institute in Villingen, Switzerland, and Hoffmann La-Roche AG report in Cell they have solved the structure of a target relevant ...

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The Latest Research from Paul Scherrer Institute

Silicon as a semiconductor: Silicon carbide would be much more efficient
on September 5, 2019 at 8:46 am
Physicists of the University of Basel, the Paul Scherrer Institute and ABB explain what exactly is preventing ... The work was initiated as part of the Nano Argovia program for applied research ...
Swiss research leads to cancer break through
on August 29, 2019 at 10:10 am
The Paul Scherrer Institute is Switzerland’s largest research institute, with 2,100 staff and an annual budget of around CHF407 million, according to the Institute’s website.
Tumor Metastasis Can Now be Prevented: Here’s How
on August 24, 2019 at 4:30 am
The research team used the Swiss Light Source for establishing the structure of a receptor that plays a crucial role in cancer cell migration. The Swiss Light Source is a synchrotron that is located ...
Preventing tumor metastasis
on August 22, 2019 at 8:02 am
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute, together with colleagues ... co-leader of the project and the Time-Resolved Crystallography research group at PSI. In order to speed up the research ...
The energy system of the future and Power-to-X
on July 3, 2019 at 6:34 am
In a joint research project of five Swiss competence centres for energy research, scientists of the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and colleagues have prepared a white paper on "Power-to-X" for ...

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Which could enable it to sort objects into different bins, dispose of trash etc. Last year we looked at a universal robotic gripper, which was made by filling an elastic membrane with coffee grounds. The versatile gripper, which is attached to a robotic arm, was able to pick up a wide variety of objects,

Robotic universal jamming gripper gets “shooting” capabilities

The system is self-contained in special handheld devices Researchers at Disney Research, Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Mellon University have devised a system called SideBySide that enables animated images from two separate handheld projectors to interact with each other on the same surface. The system, suitable for games, education and a variety of other applications, is self-contained

SideBySide Projection System Enables Projected Interaction Between Mobile Devices

New microscope has more than 100 times larger field of view for studying brain activity A newly developed microscope is providing scientists with a greatly enhanced tool to study how neurological disorders such as epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease affect neuron communication. The microscope is optimized to perform studies using optogenetic techniques, a relatively new

A new microscope to study how neurological disorders affect neuron communication

If you have an aging parent who lives alone, a new mobile app and paired monitor patch could provide invaluable peace of mind. At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), SecuraTrac unveiled its SecuraFone Health app, which, when used with the company’s SecuraPatch, can alert you and others when a loved one falls. The new app

App Calls Help When Seniors Fall

Antibiotic resistance poses far more serious threat to human health, claims ethicist Governments around the world should stop squandering resources fighting an “unwinnable war” against illegal drugs, such as cocaine and heroin. Instead, they should use the cash to curb antibiotic misuse, which poses a far more serious threat to human health, claims a leading

Scrap “unwinnable” drugs war and divert funds into curbing global antibiotic misuse

Many Interacting Worlds theory challenges foundations of quantum science Griffith University academics are challenging the foundations of quantum science with a radical new theory based on the existence of, and interactions between, parallel universes. In a paper published in the prestigious journal Physical Review X, Professor Howard Wiseman and Dr Michael Hall from Griffith’s Centre

Griffith scientists propose existence and interaction of parallel worlds

The Happy Planet Index does away with GDP in favor of a formula that includes happiness and personal well-being. It upends what you think of as successful countries. What is economic success? For years, the answer has been growth–as much of it as possible. And the yardstick has been Gross Domestic Product, or the sum

If You Count Happiness, Costa Rica Is The Richest Country On Earth

Image via Wikipedia Take a huge oceanic catamaran, stick a hydroelectric turbine underneath it, and hitch it to a 6.5 million-square-foot parafoil flying nearly a mile in the air. That’s a Korean research team’s new proposal for generating gigawatts of clean energy. As the parafoil pulls the boat, seawater would be forced through the turbine,

Mile-High Mega Kites Could Pull Giant, Floating Power Plants

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Dietary changes could sustain the world’s food production

If you wanted to really mess with the world’s food production, a good place to start would be in Morocco. They don’t grow much here, but it is home to mines containing most of the world’s known reserves of phosphate rock, the main source of the nutrient phosphorus. Most of us across the globe, most

Dietary changes could sustain the world’s food production

Is gold the secret for the next step in cancer treatment?

Researchers have engineered gold-based molecules that target cancer cells and leave healthy cells unharmed, in a critical step towards precision cancer drugs with fewer toxic side effects. Pre-clinical studies have shown the molecules were up to 24 times more effective at killing cancer cells than the widely used anti-cancer drug cisplatin and were also better

Is gold the secret for the next step in cancer treatment?

Nanowire device can directly image single cells without the need for a microscope

Scientists have designed an ultra-miniaturised device that could image single cells without the need for a microscope or make chemical fingerprint analysis possible from within a smartphone camera. Our approach could bring powerful analytical technologies from the lab to the palm of our hands Tawfique Hasan The device, made from a single nanowire 1000 times

Nanowire device can directly image single cells without the need for a microscope

3D-printed organs gain a major building block process with SWIFT

Sacrificial ink-writing technique allows 3D printing of large, vascularized human organ building blocks 20 people die every day waiting for an organ transplant in the United States, and while more than 30,000 transplants are now performed annually, there are over 113,000 patients currently on organ waitlists. Artificially grown human organs are seen by many as

3D-printed organs gain a major building block process with SWIFT

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy tailored specifically for IBS works over the phone or online

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a common gastrointestinal disorder affecting 10 – 20 per cent of people. Abdominal pain, bloating and altered bowel habit significantly affect patient’s quality of life and can force them to take days off work. Previous research (the ACTIB trial) led by Professor Hazel Everitt at the University of Southampton in

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy tailored specifically for IBS works over the phone or online

Could a human-designed super shrimp help prevent a disease the affects over 250 million people?

Could single-sex prawns serve the triple goal of alleviating poverty, protecting the environment and reducing disease? BGU researchers Prof. Amir Sagi, who also serves as a member of the National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev (NIBN) and his PhD student Tom Levy, say they may just have developed a monosex prawn that could make the winning trifecta