Networks on a small and large scale The success of the SNI is underpinned by a dynamic network in which researchers from different disciplines and institutions work hand in hand on questions of basic science and applied research. It is not only in our macroworld that networks exist, however. Network-like structures also form at the nano- meter level — as seen in this image submitted by Dr. Martin Heinrich to the Nano Image Awards 2025. The former SNI PhD student produced the image by using a scanning tunneling microscope to visualize how the two materials, indium telluride and manganese telluride, arrange themselves at the atomic level when they meet. The network pattern is formed due to the different lattice structures of the two materials. (Image: M. Heinrich, PSI and SNI, University of Basel) 60 SNI Annual Report 2025