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15 Oct Blog | What Ships Leave Behind: Measuring Ultrafine Particles in the Port of Rotterdam

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by Stepan Hornik Postdoc and Juliane Fry, members of the MI-TRAP Rotterdam team Kostas Eleftheriadis, Stepan Hornik, and Julie Fry, visiting the Statenweg traffic site in Rotterdam Welcome to Europe’s Largest PortWelcome to Rotterdam, Netherlands, welcome to the largest European port and one of the largestports worldwide....

15 Sep Blog |Seeing the Unseen: How nanoDUST’s AirPN10 and MI-TRAP Are Tackling Ultrafine Air Pollution

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by Dr. Florian Hüwe , Founder and Managing Director of nanoDUST GmbH The Hidden Danger in the Air We Breathe Every breath we take contains millions of particles invisible to the naked eye. For this reason, regulators and scientists have monitored PM10 and PM2.5, two categories of...

28 Jul Blog | A Closer Look at Nanoparticle Deposition in the Lungs and Brain

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by Eleftheria Chalvatzaki, Sofia Eirini Chatoutsidouand Mihalis Lazaridis (School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete) People are exposed to ultrafine particles every day. Traffic emissions from vehicle exhaust is a common source of ultrafine particles in urban environments. Exposure to airborne particles is...

17 Jun Blog | How MI-TRAP is using AI to model traffic, air pollution and noise levels in the pilot cities

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by Laura Gualda, Ramandeep Singh and Constantinos Antoniou (TUM) Have you ever walked past a busy road with apartment buildings on both sides and wondered how the people living in these buildings cope with the constant noise and air pollution? If not, take a moment to...

28 May MI-TRAP at CEMEPE 2025: Presenting Research on Citizen Perceptions of Transport-Related Air Pollution

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Mykonos, Greece We are pleased to share that the AMRN team presented their latest research at the 12th International Conference on Environmental Management, Engineering, Planning and Economics (CEMEPE 2025), held jointly with the SECOTOX Conference. Argyrios Balatsoukas presented “Analysing Citizens’ Perceptions and Behavioural Responses to...

12 May Blog | Catalytic Innovation in Action: Advancing Air Quality Monitoring with the MI-TRAP Project

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by Hans Joachim Schulz | Catalytic Instruments GmbH & Co. KG Transport-related air pollution is one of the leading causes of poor urban air quality and associated health risks across Europe. Despite progress in emissions legislation, real-world data often reveal that pollutants from vehicles, aircraft, and...

05 May MI-TRAP Presentation at the at the EGU General Assembly 2025

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Vienna, Austria | 29 April 2025 | Austria Center Vienna From 27 April to 3 May 2025, Vienna hosted the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, the largest European conference in Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences. The event featured over 1,000 scientific sessions and welcomed more...

05 May Blog | Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Health Effects

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by Evi Samoli & Maria-Iosifina Kasdagli | NKUA Epidemiological studies have consistently documented the adverse health effects of long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution on a variety of morbidity and mortality outcomes. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution is responsible for approximately seven...

24 Apr ObservAR Workshop from C2TN – Centre for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies, Instituto Superior Técnico

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To celebrate National Air Day on April 12th, the ‘ObservAR’ group from C2TN - Centre for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies, Instituto Superior Técnico—organized the ‘ObservAR Workshop.’ The afternoon was filled with energy and knowledge-sharing, with 30 participants, including students and researchers, engaging in discussions around...

15 Apr MI-TRAP at Técnico’s Open Day 2025

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More than 2700 visitors at Open Day 2025 On April 5th, Instituto Superior Técnico opened its doors to over 2,700 visitors for its annual Open Day, offering a wide range of free activities for all ages. The Alameda campus hosted interactive exhibitions, lab tours, and hands-on...