The competitiveness of low-carbon fuels depends on location Production location, financing, and innovation shape the competitiveness of low-carbon fuels.

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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PSI Year in Review 2025 Twelve PSI research highlights in 2025

#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

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.

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

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.

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

🏆 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

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.

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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.

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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🏅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

#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

Netto-Null bis 2050? 🛤️ POLIZERO, ein Projekt vom Paul Scherrer Institut PSI & der Uni Piräus, hat Modellpfade untersucht, wie die Schweiz klimaneutral werden kann.

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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.

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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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.

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

Creating circuit diagrams of the brain Using brain circuit diagrams to understand Alzheimer's.

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-...

A superlative milestone PSI spin-off Araris Biotech AG achieves valuation at unicorn-level!

🎉 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 new dimension of complexity for layered magnetic materials X-rays reveal magnetic phenomena driven by interactions between the layers of a kagome ferromagnet

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

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.

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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...

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

Two ETH/PHRT-driven clinical trials: First patients recruited Hope for personalised therapy for myeloid leukaemia and prostate cancer.

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

IMPACT: Upgrade at PSI research facility approved Financing for renovations to PSI’s proton accelerator facility has been approved by the Swiss Parliament.

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.

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...

Artificial intelligence explores the earth | News & Events | PSI The characteristics of deep underground layers are determined using core sample images.

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