News & Highlights
High-ranking visitor on the Jungfraujoch Research Station
On Friday 19th of August, US Ambassador to the Swiss confederation Scott Miller visited the Jungfraujoch, where PSI scientists conduct research at 3580 meters above sea level.
PSI’s own brand
Components made to order in PSI’s express workshop
PSI at the Swissmechanic Business Day
When: 6. September 2022, 9am - 6pm
Where: Halle 622 Zürich-Oerlikon
Topic: «ENERGIE – Geht der Schweiz der Strom aus?»
Language: German
On the Swissmechanic Business Day various renowned speakers offer perspectives from on the topic "ENERGY - Is Switzerland running out of electricity?". Innovations and products will be exhibited, including the Paul Scherrer Institute's ESI Cube - a mobile exhibit of the "Energy System Integration" experimental platform, which is available to research and industry partners. The Cube makes the complex topic of energy storage and conversion comprehensible in a playful way.
Marco Ranocchiari takes on the lead of the ESI project as of July 1st, 2022!
«I am very excited to lead a strategic project and the extraordinarily competent and innovative ESI team for PSI, to help contribute to the transition to net zero.»
European map of aerosol pollution can help improve human health
Researchers have measured and determined the sources of aerosol pollution at 22 locations in Europe.
Power-to-gas system for energy independence
New technology provides synthetic natural gas for domestic heating
Atmospheric globe-trotters
The CLOUD experiment reveals a new mechanism by which atmospheric particles form. The particles rapidly travel the world, globally impacting cloud formation and climate.
Deep learning to avoid weather disappointments
Saharan dust storms played havoc with weather predictions. Invertible neural networks to retrieve aerosol properties from light scattering data may help.
Rescuing Earth’s icy memory
An international research team with PSI participation is rushing to preserve glacier ice for posterity.