23 Apr 2021 / Research

Quantum steering for more precise measurements

Quantum systems consisting of several particles can be used to measure magnetic or electric fields more precisely. A young physicist at the University of Basel has now proposed a new scheme for such measurements that uses a particular kind…

19 Apr 2021 / News, Research, People

Ilaria Zardo - Portraits of women in science in the fields of MAP

This project of the Platform MAP aims to show how women scientists in the formerly male fields of mathematics, astronomy and physics (MAP) have successfully established themselves in Switzerland. It aims to encourage young women to pursue…

15 Mar 2021 / Research

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…

01 Mar 2021 / News, Research

Oliver Müller on 3sat broadcast "Nano"

22 Feb 2021 / Research

Concept for a new storage medium

Physicists from Switzerland, Germany and Ukraine have proposed an innovative new data storage medium. The technique is based on specific properties of antiferromagnetic materials that had previously resisted experimental examination.

22 Feb 2021 / Research, Organizational Unit

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…

09 Feb 2021 / Organizational Unit

Prof. Patrick Maletinsky: promotion to Full Professor

The Department of Physics congratulates Prof. Patrick Maletinsky on his promotion to Full Professor as of 1st of February 2021.

29 Jan 2021 / Research

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…

28 Jan 2021 / Research

Reducing the hydrogen content in liquid helium

The capillary blocking issue that started to occur at the Department of Physics at the University of Basel in 2017 using helium evaporation cryostats was solved by reducing the amount of hydrogen in liquid helium.