FoMSci congratulates Mamata Bhattarai @MOoM07 for the award for the best doctoral thesis in 2020 in the area of Finnish natural resources 🥳 Mamata's thesis explained how #sprucegum behaves in aqueous solutions and emulsions.

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Fabio Valoppi is looking for a motivated PhD student to be hired in his recently funded iOLEO project ( https://t.co/3wkRNwCXIS). DL 3 January 2021. @LifeSciHelsinki #hiring #PhD #student #oleogel #openposition #universityofhelsinki

I will be presenting my work on X-ray and neutron scattering from wood in this public online lecture on Nov. 20. Hope to see many of you there! https://t.co/esjeIW1OnN #WooD2O @AaltoResearch

Height of procrastination: I watched the whole #PresidentialDebate2020.

(8/) The mechanism of laser tattoo removal has never actually been investigated. The main source cited for the process does not deal with tattoos at all. Instead, it deals with laser induced fragmentation of graphite nanoparticles. Graphite is not common in tattoo inks

(9/) Photodegraded tattoo inks often end up permanently accumulating in the lymph nodes and liver, though we don't understand how. This is a particular problem in the removal of lymph nodes to treat breast cancer.

(4/) Nanoparticles and carcinogens are common in tattoo inks. In 2009, a European study of 56 commercial inks found 36% had a toxic metal concentration greater than 1ppm. 62% of the inks exceeded safe limits for chromium. Other studies have found similar results.

(3/) Though the FDA has the authority to regulate tattoo inks, it very rarely exercises that authority. Inks in the US do not need to disclose the components, though inks in Europe do. Studies in Europe have shown that upwards of 1/3 of the time, the label is inaccurate.

(2/) Something like 40% of Americans between the ages of 18 & 34 have at least one tattoo. In Europe, the numbers are even higher - half of Swedes and Italians are estimated to have 1+ tattoos.

LIVE NOW: History is about to be made. Watch as @NASA_Astronauts #LaunchAmerica to the @Space_Station from American soil for the first time in nine years: https://t.co/U1COQzFy4v

कोभिडको मृत्यु गन्दै बसौं । किनभने, अन्य रोग महत्वपुर्ण नै होइनन् , ती बाट मृत्यु नै हुंदैनन् ! विगत २ महिनामा आत्महत्या, क्षयरोग, नसर्ने रोग, गर्भवती महिला, शिशु रोग, झाडापखाला इत्यादिको कारण कुनै नेपाली मरेन । त्यसैले लकडाउन चलिरहोस्, राज्य बिना योजना अघि बढिरहोस् !

Amused by those outraged at Arnab Goswami for his recent segment on India-Nepal border issue. What were you expecting? That this guy — who has singlehandedly destroyed TV journalism in 🇮🇳 — would give Nepalis a platform to engage in a meaningful, rational debate. Cute!

Wood-derived hemicelluloses extract are very efficient to develop high-quality emulsion-based products. Their unique colloidal features make them interesting biomass-based future material. That's why #ResearchMatters #siksitiede #sprucegum

My third first-author publication of PhD project. 😎😎

As Trump is telling people to rinse their lungs with bleach, meanwhile in Finland the PM and ministers of education, science and culture held a special press conference where they took questions from Finnish children about the corona epidemic ❤️

Will future packaging be grown from fungi? "Fungal mycelia are versatile, highly productive, and sustainable sources for biocomposites to replace conventional plastics." Check more from our blog! #mmtdk @LifeSciHelsinki #FoMSci https://t.co/Xx1JIzv8UD

Remote working going smoothly in our group despite we miss being on the campus. @helsinkiuni