The PSI Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry studies gases and aerosols in the atmosphere, affected by energy systems and impacting air quality, weather, climate change and human health.
Lab News & Scientific Highlights
Sources of smog in Beijing identified
Researchers at PSI are investigating the wide range of causes underlying smog in Beijing.
Can aerosols stop global warming?
Injecting particles into the stratosphere to cool the earth? In our interview, PSI researcher Markus Ammann comments critically on the controversial subject of solar geoengineering.
How to clean up New Delhi’s smoggy air
PSI researchers are tracking down pathogenic aerosols in India.
New Study Reveals Surprising Climate Benefits of Agriculture
The big challenges our planet faces—like climate change, food supply, water, and biodiversity—are all interlinked. While agriculture continues to be the primary source of food for human kind, it imposes climate challenges especially through emissions like greenhouse gases and ammonia. To solve this, we need a new approach that reduces the harmful effects of farming on the climate.
Publications
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Albà A, Adelmann A, Rochman D
Uncertainty quantification of spent nuclear fuel with multifidelity Monte Carlo
Annals of Nuclear Energy. 2025; 211: 110892 (17 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2024.110892
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Berry L, Vasiliev A, Rochman D, Hursin M, Frankl M, Ferroukhi H
Application of the PSI cycle check-up methodology for full-core Monte Carlo simulations verified using pin power estimates and validated for hot zero power conditions
Annals of Nuclear Energy. 2025; 211: 110939 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2024.110939
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Cherezov A, Vasiliev A, Ferroukhi H
Application of backward differential formula and Anderson's method for multigroup diffusion transient equation
Annals of Nuclear Energy. 2025; 210: 110837 (19 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2024.110837
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