16. June 2021 / Forschung

Prof. Ingo Sick verstorben

Am Sonntag, 30. Mai 2021 ist Prof. emer. Ingo Sick nach kurzer Krankheit, zwei Tage nach seinem 82. Geburtstag, verstorben. Im Namen der Institutsleitung des Departement Physik Prof. Martino Poggio (Link zum Nachruf)

23. April 2021 / Forschung

Genauere Messungen durch Quantensteuerung

Mit Quantensystemen, die aus mehreren Teilchen bestehen, können magnetische oder elektrische Felder genauer gemessen werden. Ein junger Physiker der Universität Basel hat nun ein neues Verfahren für solche Messungen vorgeschlagen, das auf…

15. March 2021 / Forschung

New class of substances for redox reactions

An interdisciplinary, multinational research team presents a new class of chemical compounds that can be reversibly oxidized and reduced. The compounds known as ‘pyrazinacenes’ are simple, stable compounds that consist of a series of…

22. February 2021 / Forschung, Organisation

Dominik Zumbühl new director of NCCR SPIN

After unanimous election by the Executive Committee of NCCR SPIN, Dominik Zumbühl was proposed to the SNF and confirmed this week as the new director of NCCR SPIN. Richard Warburton decided to resign as director of NCCR SPIN in November…

29. January 2021 / Forschung

Physicists develop record-breaking source for single photons

Researchers at the University of Basel and Ruhr University Bochum have developed a source of single photons that can produce billions of these quantum particles per second. With its record-breaking efficiency, the photon source represents a…

11. January 2021 / Forschung

New Type of Qubit with Tunable Speed and Frequency

Physicists from the University of Basel and the TU Eindhoven have demonstrated a new type of qubit – the basic building block of a quantum computer – where the speed and frequency of operation can be widely tuned with a gate voltage. They…

09. January 2020 / People, Campus

Best Teaching Awards HS 2019

The winners of the golden chalk, the golden correction pen & the golden scale HS2019 are known!