The University of Basel is taking on a co-lead role in National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) ‘Precision’, dedicated to cutting-edge research in high-precision measurements.

❄️ We look back on a very successful "Nanoscience in the Snow" winter school. A big thank you to all speakers and participants for their active and engaged contributions and congratulations to Alessandro on winning the Best Poster Award 👏! nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/forschung... @unibas.ch

🧪Researchers from the SNI network have, for the first time, tracked energy flow in the #semiconductor #germanium with unprecedented accuracy using ultrafast laser spectroscopy. @unibas.ch #UltrafastSpectroscopy #Nanoscience youtu.be/LRHfHVK5ZL4 nanoscience.unibas.ch/de/news/deta...

Many thanks to all our members, partners, and followers for your work and interest in our #nanoscale #research. We wish you happy holidays and look forward to exciting new projects in 2026. nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/ @unibas.ch @fhnw.ch @psich.bsky.social #Nanoscience #Nanotechnology #Nanoimaging

🧪The December edition of SNI INSight is out now! Featuring interviews about the Nobel Prizes, PhD milestones, funding updates, and much more.✨ nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/outreach/... @unibas.ch #nanoscience #nanotechnology

🧪A study led by the @unibas.ch found that nuclear pore complexes are not rigid structures but have dynamic, constantly moving interiors. This changes how we understand cellular transport and may influence research on diseases and therapies. @biozentrum.unibas.ch nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/news/deta...

Congratulations to the winners of the Nano Image Award 2025 and many thanks to all contributors! nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/news/deta... @unibas.ch @fhnw.ch

💡 When quantum light does work! A team of physicists from the unibas.ch shows that light from #quantum systems isn’t just waste heat – it can carry useful #energy. A new theoretical framework for the #thermodynamics of #quantum systems.✨ nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/news/deta... @rwth.bsky.social

Researchers from the SNIunibas network use a #diphtheria toxin domain to fuse lipid vesicles at neutral pH, achieving gentle, controlled membrane fusion for #bio-inspired technologies. More information at: nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/news/deta... @unibas.ch bas.ch @psich.bsky.social #nanoscience

Researchers from SNI network have developed innovative, extremely small, and robust magnetic field probes based on #SQUIDs that enable #high-resolution images of #nanoscale magnetic structures. nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/news/deta... @unibas.ch #Magnetometry #ScanningMicroscopy

🌟What a bright day! 🌟 20 young female researchers dived into #physics, #quantum & #nanoscience during the Swiss "Zukunftstag". Thanks to all who made it shine! @nanoscience.ch @unibas.ch #PhysicsDepartment #BaselQuantumCenter #Zukunftstag #STEM #GirlsinSTEM

At the Global Science Film Festival 2025, we presented our short film on the Type VI secretion system – the bacterial “nanoharpoon”. A glimpse into the fascinating world of microbial #nanoweapons! youtu.be/7YV3SrJ1nBk #ScienceCommunication #Microbiology @biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch #nanoscience

A team from the SNI network has shown for the first time that lateral phase separation in #membranes can be controlled by a chemical reaction – a key step toward “smart” artificial vesicles. More at: nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/news/deta... #chemistry #nanoscience #Catalysis @unibas.ch

What is the Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI)? Have a look what the SNI means to some of our doctoral students. youtu.be/lkDFlzzyc2M #nanoscience #nanotechnology #Interdisciplinary #network #science #PhDSchool #GraduateSchool @unibas.ch @psich.bsky.social @fhnw.ch

🎥 #SRF featured our #STEM promotion activity "MINT on the move". In the “Schweiz aktuell” program, SRF showed how we get children excited about science and technology - on a #SOB train ride! 👉https://nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/news/details/srf-beitrag-ueber-mint-unterwegs/ @unibas.ch

Am 8. & 9. Oktober bringen wir wieder spannende Experimente in den Zug – von Basel nach Göschenen und wieder zurück. Alle können mitmachen. Ihr benötigt nur ein Zugticket. Wir freuen uns auf euch! Mehr unter: nanoscience.unibas.ch/de/news/deta... #MINT #MINTUnterwegs #Wissenschaft @unibas.ch

Are you interested in one of the new #PhD School projects at the SNI? Then listen to what SNI doctoral students have to say about our PhD School: youtu.be/v3cm3wSs98Y New projects: nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/forschung... @unibas.ch @psich.bsky.social @fhnw.ch

Congratulations to our new SNI member Prof. Tomasz Smoleński for receiving an ERC Starting Grant. We look forward to see more of his work about the surprising behavior of many interacting electrons. ▶️ Watch him explain his research: youtu.be/NRnFXdoG-lo @unibas.ch ##ERCGrant #quantum #optpelectronic

In @nanoscale-journals.rsc.org, we show the control discharge using STM/AFM of tetrazapyrene radicals on Pb(111). pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... @siemens-ring.bsky.social, @snsf.ch, @erc.europa.eu, @nanoscience.ch, @unibas.ch @nanolino-unibas.bsky.social @unibe.ch @uliaschauer.bsky.social

Researchers from the SNI network improved #acoustic #tweezers by combining a reusable sonic chip with a disposable #microfluidic chip, enabling more efficient, cost-effective experiments while reducing cross-contamination. 🧪 @unibas.ch @psich.bsky.social nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/news/deta...

🎓 New PhD projects in #nanobiology, #nanochemistry & #nanophysics at the SNI PhD School! Apply now to join our #interdisciplinary community. 🧪 📌 Info: nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/forschung... @unibas.ch @biozentrum.unibas.ch @eth-bsse.bsky.social @psich.bsky.social @scisonja.bsky.social #nanoscience

A highly complex #Kagome network is self-assembled from a single molecular building block on metal surfaces (Ag(111), Au(111)) — despite the apparent simplicity of the molecule itself. 🧪 📌More at: nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/news/deta... @unibas.ch @psich.bsky.social #selfassembly #sni #nanoscience

Quick! 💣💥 Dont miss to sign up for the "Spreng-Vorlesung" @unibas.ch – the explosive lecture for all ages! #TheMagicOfChemistry 🌐: St. Johanns-Ring 19, 4056 #Basel ⏰: Fri or Sat Sept 12 or 13, at 11am and 2pm each (=4 shows!) RSVP: chemie.unibas.ch/en/sprengvor...

Rotating magnetic fields for more stable #qubits! Researchers from the #SNI_Network have developed a method to better control and stabilize quantum states in semiconducting nanowires. A step forward for #QuantumComputing! 📄 Read more: nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/news/deta... @unibas.ch #innovation

🎉 20 years ago, the first students graduated with a Bachelor's in Nanoscience from the University of Basel! Here's a short video with impressions from the anniversary celebration. 🧪✨ #Nano20 #Nanoscience @unibas.ch #interdisciplinary #networking #studyprogram www.youtube.com/shorts/HQwey...

📢 New SNI INSight is out! 🧪 Awards, new applied Nano-Argovia projects, guest article, startup news & more from the Swiss Nanoscience Institute^s community. 📌 Read now: nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/outreach/... #SNI #Nanoscience #Research @unibas.ch @psich.bsky.social @fhnw.ch @unibas.ch

The #SwissNanoConvention in Brugg 2025 has started! We are looking forward to 2 inspiring days full of #nanoscience and #nanotechnology. 📌 Meet the SNI team at our booth! @psich.bsky.social @EPFL #Brugg

Ein bunter Tag am #phaenovum in #Lörrach🧪 Beim Open Day waren wir mit dabei und haben mit neugierigen Kindern & Eltern bunte Schokolade 🍫 ganz ohne Farbstoffe hergestellt. Danke für das große Interesse, die spannenden Gespräche und die leuchtenden Augen! ✨ #Nanotechnologie #MINT

✨Yesterday, our 6th-semester nanoscience students hosted Small Talk! Great talks & posters on their block courses. 🧪 🏆 Congrats to Linus, Eduard & Sarah for winning best poster, talk & design! And many thanks to all reviewers from the Dept. of #Physics, #Chemistry and @biozentrum.unibas.ch. 👏

Are you interested in the funding opportunities of Horizon Europe Health 2025? ®️Register for this online event on 15 May, 13:30-17:00 🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/xoakyfgzvq #HorizonEU #Health #cluster1

🔬 Das Nano Imaging Lab des SNI der @unibas.ch hatte Besuch vom MTA-Kollegium der allgemeinen #Gewerbeschule #Basel. Mit dem ferngesteuerten #Rasterelektronenmikroskop ging’s direkt in die faszinierende #Nanowelt! Interessiert? 👉 nanoscience.unibas.ch/de/news/deta... #Nanoimaging #MINT #FIB #REM

Wir waren das erste Mal beim #Frühlingsfest auf dem #Gurten. Es hat viel Spass gemacht in die Welt der kleinen Strukturen einzutauchen und zu basteln. Bis zum nächsten Mal! @unibas.ch #Nano #Nanowissenschaften #MINT #Experimente #Nano-Neugier

Researchers from the SNI network developed two new #spectroscopic methods for the #quantitative detection of functional groups on the surface of #nanoparticles. They published their results in Small Structures. 🧪 More at: nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/news/deta... @unibas.ch #deRooLab #NanoImaging

For #WorldQuantumDay 2025, researchers at @unibas.ch show how #quantum science depends on #nanoscience. No nanotech, no quantum breakthroughs. 🎥 Go behind the scenes in this new video! 👉 youtu.be/ZE5pYFDzt9s#... 👉 nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/ #quantum25 #IYQ2025 #Nanoscience #QuantumPhysics #SNI

🔬Nano Imaging Lab User Event 2025 🧪: We got exciting insights into nanoimaging in research & industry. Big thanks to the NI Lab team & all speakers! More at: nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/news/deta... #NanoImaging @unibas.ch

✨ SNI Annual Report – interactive, informative and entertaining! 📌 What you can expect: - an animated version with intuitive navigation that is fun to watch - a comprehensive scientific supplement 🧪 Discover now: nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/news/deta... @unibas.ch @psich.bsky.social @fhnw.ch #nano

🔬✨ Nano trifft Kunst! 🎨🩸 Das SNI der @unibas.ch begleitete einen kreativen Workshop im #CartoonmuseumBasel: Schüler:innen erforschten mit Thomas Otts #Schabkarton-Technik die Verbindung von Nanowissenschaft & Kunst. 🧪 youtu.be/7npsHjMpqvc #IBSAFoundation #Nano #Wissenschaft #MINT #ThomasOtt

✨ On this International Women's Day, we celebrate the women who are pushing the frontiers of #science and #innovation and we turn the spotlight on a woman in #quantum #research. 🧪 Let yourself be inspired! youtu.be/Cwz9ofL5PqY @unibas.ch #IYQ #IWD2025 #WomenInScience #Weltfrauentag #IWD #IWD2025

🔬 #Bakterien kämpfen ständig um ihr Überleben. Aber wusstest du, dass manche von ihnen mit einer #Nanoharpune zurückschiessen, wenn ihre äussere Membran beschädigt wird? 💥 🧪 youtu.be/0uOVdcOy3vQ @biozentrum.unibas.ch @basler-lab.bsky.social #Rasterkraftmikroskopie #ScienceAdvances

🔬 #Bacteria don’t just survive — they fight back. Pseudomonas senses an attack and fires a #speargun in seconds when its outer membrane is damaged. 🧪 youtu.be/0uOVdcOy3vQ nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/ #nanoscience #microbiology #SNIPhDSchool @basler-lab.bsky.social @biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch

👉 More information: nanoscience.unibas.ch/en/news/deta...

🫀Origami for the heart? SNI-researchers developed a multi-layered artificial #heart tissue that could help as plaster after heart attacks. A folded cellulose paper scaffold led to improved contraction forces and structures of the artificial tissue! 👉https://nanoscience.unibas.ch @fhnw.ch unibas.ch

🌍 Today, we celebrate the #InternationalDayofGirlsandWomeninScience. We talked to #Physics professor Ilaria Zardo about her research on #nanophononics. She is a shining example of women in science who make significant contributions to their research fields. youtu.be/CZ_Vv3i1tgk%... @unibas.ch

📢 New call for proposals: #Spark enables researchers from all disciplines to test or develop novel and unconventional scientific approaches, methods, theories or ideas within a short time. 🗓️ Submission deadline: 4 March 2025. ➡️

❗As of 2025, Swiss entities can apply to Horizon Europe as beneficiaries from programme year 2025 onward.   📅 2nd chance to join our webinar on 11 Feb 2025 to get your questions answered LIVE by Euresearch and SERI experts.  ➡️ Register now: https://surl.li/ylpkqi #HorizonEU #SwissParticipation

❄️Last week the winter school of the SNI PhD School took place in Adelboden. We had great days full of #nanoscience, inspiration, personal exchange and networking activities. 🧑‍🔬🌟🛷⛷️ Many thanks to all participants and speakers and congratulations to Marina who won the prize for the best poster!

Many thanks to Gerard Gadea who gave a guided tour through the #cleanroom facilities of the SNI's Nano Fabrication Lab in the new ETH D-BSSE building for PhilNat managing directors of the @unibas.ch. For those who had time, it was exciting to see and hear how #nanofabrication works.

📸✨ Der SNF-Wettbewerb für wissenschaftliche Bilder sucht Forschende, die mit Bildern oder Videos ihre Arbeit sichtbar machen! Zeig uns die Ästhetik der Wissenschaft. 🗓️ Einsendeschluss: 31. Jan. 2025 👉 Infos: tinyurl.com/ykyrr57u #Forschung #SNF #Wissenschaft @snf-ch.bsky.social

📣 As of January 2025, researchers in Switzerland can participate in (almost all) calls for proposals of Horizon Europe and the Digital Europe Programme. This means that they can submit project proposals in the role of coordinator. 🧪🧬🔬🔭 www.horizon-europe.ch #HorizonEurope #Science #Innovation

🎄✨ Happy Holidays! ✨🎄 Wishing everyone happy holidays and a good start to the new year! 🌟 Many thanks for your work in our network and interest in our research! Looking forward to continue in 2025! @unibas.ch @fhnw.ch @psich.bsky.social @biozentrum.bsky.social #nanoscience #nanotechnology