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PSM measurements in Shanghai
Fudan University performed sub-3 nm particle measurements with the PSM in winter in urban Shanghai. Strong atmospheric new particle formation was observed on several occasions, all together 13 new particle formation events during the 62 day campaign. Read the article here: Xiao, S. et al Strong a...
Making money or making science?
Finnish leading politicians were recently suggesting that researchers at universities should be encouraged to work temporary as private entrepreneurs. Also many international funding schemes demand close co-operation between the academia and the private sector, or that the funded scientists work ...
Can we change the world by (teaching) science?
This autumn I have been lecturing thermodynamics to second year physics students. Preparing lectures have taken a major part of my working hours, and every day I have been scanning my surroundings to find interesting every-day phenomena that I could use as examples on my lectures. For a scientist...
Compete or collaborate
The history of science is full of stories of both longstanding rivalry and successful collaboration between researchers or research groups. At best, a competitive attitude can boost the performance of scientists and speed up making discoveries and publishing results. However, nobody benefits, whe...
From ultraclean to heavily polluted
The range of aerosol particle number concentrations found commonly in the atmosphere spans several orders of magnitude, from less than 100 particles per cubic centimeter in clean background environments, e.g. Antarctica or Finnish Lapland, to millions of particles per cubic centimeter in mega-ci...
PSM paper one of the most-cited of AST
Aerosol Science and Technology is celebrating its new impact factor of 3.155 by giving free access to five of the most-cited articles in the past three years. Check them out! All of them are really interesting, but especially one of them makes us really proud :)! Click the figure below to access ...
New CTO and CEO
Joonas Vanhanen now has his dream job: since the first of July 2014 Joonas holds the position of the CTO of Airmodus. At the same time Minna Väkevä took over the responsibilities as the CEO of the company. “We work well as a team, and our strengths are now better utilized. We all share the […]
IAC 2014, Busan, South Korea
Several presentations address the use of Airmodus Particle Size Magnifiers in nucleation and nanoparticle research, and Airmodus experts are available for discussions at the Airmodus stand (stand number 21): IAC (International Aerosol Conference) will be held in Busan, Korea from August 28 to Sep...
The Art of Science
What does contemporary art have to do with science? The forest surrounding Hyytiälä SMEAR II measurement station has gained one more ‘measurement device’, as artist AgnesMeyer-Brandis has built there a Teacup Tool Station. It measures the cloud forming above a teacup when the steam rising from th...