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Nature: Role of methanesulfonic acid in atmospheric particle nucleation and growth
(photo: CERN) Science publication by the CLOUD collaboration, including researchers from INAR and HIP. More information https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10810-2 https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/mathematics-and-science/emissions-plankton-help-forming-cloud-seeds-over-worlds-oceans https://home.cern/cloud-experiment-uncovers-a-major-new-source-of-marine-aerosol-particles/Continue reading→
ERC Advanced Grant to HIP Programme Director Aleksi Vuorinen
Original photo of Aleksi Vuorinen by Maarit Kytöharju Hunting for quark matter in neutron star cores Neutron stars are the densest objects in the present-day universe. In the extreme conditions of their cores, even the particles found in atomic nuclei, protons and neutrons, are believed to dissolve into quarks. As far as is known, such...Continue reading→
Improved technique could reveal beyond standard model particles in CERN detector
HIP researchers have developed a new method to improve the identification of latent tracks in nuclear track detectors: “The MoEDAL experiment employs solid-state nuclear track detector foils around Interaction Point 8 to search for traces of highly ionizing particles. The selected material, CR-39, has been used in several experiments and is capable of detecting ionization...Continue reading→