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Innovative etching method for Silicon: Higher precision through interlayer

Researchers from the Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI) Network have significantly advanced an etching method for producing precise silicon nanostructures. As part of a project funded by the SNI PhD School, they successfully created dense…

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Fully functional peptides on nanoparticles

Peptides are promising building blocks for biotechnological and medical applications – but their stability is often problematic. Binding them to nanoparticles can increase the peptides’ stability and can also protect them from degradation.…

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Light-driven proteins in artificial membranes — new method for biohybrid systems

Researchers from the SNI network have developed an innovative method of integrating light-driven membrane proteins into artificial polymer membranes. This achievement marks an important step toward the development of biohybrid systems that…

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Light engines in the quantum world

What is heat, and what is useful work if a machine consists only of an atom and light particles? In modern quantum technologies, this kind of question connects thermodynamics with quantum physics. Researchers at the University of Basel have…

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What happens to nanoparticles when they enter the bloodstream?

Researchers from the SNI Network have developed a dynamic artificial circulatory system that mimics the natural blood flow and protein conditions in the human body. Using this system, they investigated how various soft nanoparticles – such…

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The optical glow of quantum crystals

Researchers at the University of Basel and the Technical University of Munich have developed a new method to reveal the collective motion of electrons in one of the most elusive states of matter: the Wigner crystal. Using light, the…

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Unpaired electrons in molecular clusters: New findings for quantum components

Writing in Nature Communications, researchers from the University of Basel have published details of how electrons within a cluster of molecules interact with one another and can be controlled. Their findings pave the way for new approaches…

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Award for the best master’s thesis

Congratulations to Raphael Pauli on winning the award for the best master’s thesis in nanoscience! Raphael completed his thesis at BÜHLMANN Laboratories, where he studied small synthetic proteins that could play a role in colorectal cancer…

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Like a miniature lunar rocket: Researchers develop modular nanorobot

A team at the University of Basel has developed a versatile nanorobot with propulsion and payload modules. The two reusable modules autonomously self-assemble and could be used in medicine or industry. 17 June 2026 | Angelika…

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Single-layer MOF nanosheets: Great potential for versatile applications

An international team from the SNI network has succeeded in producing ultra-thin, ordered layers of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) at the interface between air and a liquid. The study opens up new avenues for the development of…

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