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Boundaries in the nanosciences
The current issue of UNI NOVA is about how borders divide, divide and create obstacles. We contributed a listicle on boundaries in nanoscience. A longer, more detailed version can be found here. The current issue of UNI NOVA "This side…
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Vibrations of molecules visualized and studied
Researchers from the SNI network have developed a new method for imaging the vibration of molecules. The scientists, led by Professor Ernst Meyer from the Department of Physics at the University of Basel, have studied a specific pyrene…/ News, Portraits
Women in the SNI network: Sina Saxer, FHNW
Dr. Sina Saxer is a research associate at the School of Life Sciences at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland. She is fascinated by surfaces, which play a role in many different applications. She talks about…
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Apply now for the new PhD positions
Seven new PhD projects in the SNI PhD School were approved. You can now apply for the exciting interdisciplinary positions. Further information/ News
Annual Event 2023
From September 6-8, the members of the SNI network met for the Annual Event - for the first time in the Canton of Aargau at Lake Hallwil. It was a wonderful meeting with exciting talks and posters about basic and applied research in very…
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Lecture series on nanoscience (in German)
In collaboration with the Volkhochschule beider Basel, the SNI is organizing a series of lectures on the topic of "Nanosciences - interdisciplinary into the future". Using five examples from current research, scientists from the SNI network…
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Special issue in commemoration of Wolfgang P. Meier
A special issue of Macromolecular Rapid Communications has just been published dedicated to Wolfgang P. Meier, who passed away in January 2022. Wolfgang Meier was a professor at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Basel, vice…/ News
Cool experiments for hot days
It's too hot to go outside, but you still want to do something fun with the family? How about some cool experiments? On our experiments page you'll find lots of ideas, instructions and explanations. Experiments and projects