Scientific Highlights
Toujours plus de brume de sable en Europe
Des scientifiques du PSI ont déterminé les quantités de poussière du désert qui atteignent les différentes régions d’Europe. Et ils ont constaté qu’elles augmentaient.
From Ocean Plankton to Clouds
PSI researchers help uncover a major natural source of cloud-forming particles over the Southern Ocean
Machine learning helps refine aerosol measurement characterization
Machine learning, applied to year-long observations from the Zeppelin Observatory on Svalbard, was capable of refining aerosol chemical characterization specifically those measured with state-of-the-art mass spectrometric techniques.
News
André Prévôt awarded prestigious honorary doctorate
Prof. Dr. André S. H. Prévôt has been awarded the prestigious title of Doctor Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctor) by the University of Nova Gorica in Slovenia.
Swiss–Romanian Research & Innovation Partnership Under the Second Swiss Contribution
The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), through its Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry (LAC), is contributing its scientific expertise to the Research & Innovation thematic area of the Swiss–Romanian Cooperation Programme under the Second Swiss Contribution, financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.
Preparing the Future of PSI Large Facilities in Atmospheric Research
The Multiphase Chemistry Group in the Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry (LAC) looks back to a nearly 20 years record of activities with in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and in situ scanning transmission X-ray spectromicroscopy (STXM) to address key fundamental questions in atmospheric chemistry. This is the time to consider new horizons, align with current and future needs in atmospheric sciences, and to identify novel opportunities driven by upcoming trends in methods, technologies and facilities. This has been the topic of the Workshop ‘X-ray and Neutron Spectroscopy, Scattering and Imaging in Atmospheric Chemistry’, held at PSI 13 – 15 November 2024.