New Findings Explain Long-Standing, Baffling Cell Mystery
Optimized by nature over 100 million years of evolution, a smart liquid provides a crucial coupling that ensures cell division correctly proceeds. Scientists from Paul…
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Electronic Nematicity: Spin Keeps Electrons in Line in Iron-Based Superconductor
Electronic nematicity, thought to be an ingredient in high-temperature superconductivity, is primarily spin driven in FeSe finds a study in Nature Physics. Researchers from PSI’s…
Groundbreaking X-Ray Lens Provides Incredible Glimpse Into the Nanoworld
Paul Scherrer Institute scientists have developed a groundbreaking achromatic lens for X-rays. This allows the X-ray beams to be accurately focused on a single point…
Time-Reversal Symmetry-Breaking Magnetic Fields Discovered Inside a Kagome Superconductor
New Insight Into Unconventional Superconductivity Signatures for a novel electronic phase that enables charge to flow spontaneously in loops have been observed in a kagome…
Molecular Movie Reveals How To Get Chloride Ions Into the Cell
For the first time, a molecular movie has captured in detail the process of an anion transported across the cell membrane by a light-fuelled protein…
The Mystery of the Transforming Flexible Shell: Cryo-Tomography “Opened the Door To Reveal the Secret”
An international research team with participation of the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI has revealed a secret about a marine animal’s shell: The researchers have deciphered…
Airborne Particulates More Dangerous Than Previously Thought – Can Trigger Pneumonia, Asthma, and Even Cancer
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have for the first time observed photochemical processes inside the smallest particles in the air. In doing so,…
Quantum Computer Breakthrough: New Blueprint for Better, Faster Qubits
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have put forward a detailed plan of how faster and better defined quantum bits — qubits — can…
Hidden Beauty: First Experimental Observation of Three-Dimensional Magnetic “Vortex Rings”
The first experimental observation of three-dimensional magnetic ‘vortex rings’ provides fundamental insight into intricate nanoscale structures inside bulk magnets, and offers fresh perspectives for magnetic…
Tracking Down the Mystery of the Origin of Matter: Complex Experiment Runs for 2 Years in Search for “New Physics”
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) have measured a property of the neutron more precisely than ever before. In the process, they found out…
New Breakthrough Offers Fast and Precise Look Into Fiber-Reinforced Composites
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have improved a method for small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) to such an extent that it can now be…
Intelligent Microrobot Breakthrough – Microscopic “Bird” Flaps Wings Using Nanomagnets
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and ETH Zurich have developed a micromachine that can perform different actions. First nanomagnets in the components of…
Researchers Observe What Happens During a Quantum Phase Transition
In a newly published study, researchers observe what happens during a quantum phase transition, and compare the “quantum melting” of the magnetic structure with the…
Splitting of an Electron into the Spinon and Orbiton
While using X-rays from the Swiss Light Source (SLS) fired at Sr2CuO3, physicists at the Paul Scherrer Institute observed an electron splitting into two new…
