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On 24^th January 2025, Anne Flechsig was awarded the prestigious SVMT Prize for her outstanding master's thesis on "Spatial Patterning of Structural and Transport Properties of Tungsten Thin Films".

The IEEE Magnetics Society Swiss Chapter, currently chaired by Aleš Hrabec, was created in 2024. Our Chapter's mission is to unite and strengthen magnetism-related activities across Switzerland, and to foster collaboration between academia and industry. We aim to promote advancements in magnetic technologies as well as the exchange of knowledge between the Chapter members.

Members of Laboratory for Mesoscopic Systems successfully ran a block course on the fabrication and characterisation of magnetic films.

Aleksandra Pac has successfully defended her thesis with the title "Artificial Spin Systems: Magnetic frustration of out-of-plane Archimedean lattices and towards control of the magnetic state with spin-orbit torques". Congratulations Aleks!

In a recent publication, we describe the development of a pioneering X-ray technique to probe the 3D orientation of a material’s building blocks at the nanoscale. The technique allows the visualization of crystal grains, grain boundaries and defects - critical factors that govern material performance.

In this publication, we explore the progress in research on three-dimensional artificial spin ice, emphasizing the primary methods for fabricating and characterizing these structures. Additionally, we highlight emerging frontiers in the field, including advancements in creating 3D model systems and promising applications in areas like sensing and computing.

Andreas Apseros has successfully defended his thesis with the title "X-ray Tomographic Imaging of the Anisotropic Orientation in Non-Cubic Crystals and Antiferromagnets in Three Dimensions". Congratulations Andreas!

Mesoscopic Systems (ETH Zurich/Paul Scherrer Institut) was happy to organise the Spintronics and Magnetism at the Nanoscale session at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Swiss Physical Society.

Acknowledging the exceptional quality of her work, Lauren Riddiford was awarded third prize by Heidelberg Instruments Mikrotechnik GmbH in the Application Image Competition on Advanced Nano & Micro Fabrication 2023-2024.