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Thunderstorm Asthma - a Danger for Europe?
Some people enjoy thunderstorms, while for others, it causes health risks. For many pollen allergy sufferers, a spring/summer...
Longer season for pollen allergy sufferers
Pollen allergy is the most common allergic disease in Switzerland and Europe. About 20 percent of the population suffers from...
SYLVA Projekt Kick off
Swisens is an industrial partner in the SILVA project. In February, the project team met in Levi, Lapland to visit the “Pallas” measuring station and to kick off the Sylva Project. Under the cold and snowy conditions, the group met to discuss further steps of the three-year-long project. A SwisensPoleno will be installed in the far north in Levi, Finland.
Swisens' Exhibitions Participation in 2023
Meet us at the conventions and learn more about our real-time pollen monitoring systems. We look forward to meeting you in Geneva at the MTWE and/or in Malaga at the EAC.
Swisens is part of AGRARSENSE
CSEM is coordinating the Swiss cluster of a 51 million euro European consortium. The AGRARSENSE project is taking agricultural and forestry productivity to the next level by developing cutting-edge European technologies for electronic components and systems for future needs, strengthening Europe’s resilience in critical sectors, and making a major contribution to sustainability goals and climate change mitigation. The Swiss cluster includes six partners: Agroscope, CHANGINS, Swisens AG, Swiss Vault Systems GmbH, Vivent SA, and CSEM.
Pollen-News App
With the pollen news app, you always know where and to what extent pollens are flying in the air or which plants are in bloom. That is especially helpful for people suffering from allergies. After a quick glance at their cell phone, allergy sufferers know when to stay indoors or when they can enjoy nature carefreely.
The EUMETNET AutoPollen programme
This paper describes the rationale behind the EUMETNET AutoPollen programme, which aims to develop a prototype automatic pollen monitoring network across Europe.
How do you distinguish pollen from other aerosol particles?
SwisensPoleno’s artificial intelligence uses a pre-filter to separate different particle categories. In this short blog article,...
Swisens wins at the Central Switzerland Startup Prize
On 11 March 2022, the Albert Koechlin Foundation (AKS) celebrated its 25th anniversary and, to mark the occasion, presented...
Relative fluorescence spectrum of SwisensPoleno Jupiter
In this blog article you will learn about the relative fluorescence spectrum of SwisensPoleno Jupiter. We will introduce you step...
From particle to screen
How bioaerosol data gets to users This article describes how we convert individual bioaerosol particles into data available on...
How to analyze aerosol data from real-time measurement
The latest technologies allow the measurement and monitoring of aerosol particles in real time. A measuring system continuously...
Can SwisensPoleno identify pollen in my region?
To address this question, in this article we look at our systems for real-time monitoring of pollen. We show which pollen types...
Cost comparison: hirst vs. automatic pollenmonitoring
How much does automatic versus traditional pollen monitoring cost in comparison? In this blog post we venture a comparison of the...
Particle morphology from holographic images
This article explains the basics of automatic aerosol particle identification. We explain how our measurement systems extract...
Real-time pollen monitoring using digital holography
We present the first validation of the Swisens Poleno, currently the only operational automatic pollen monitoring system based on...
Bioaerosol monitoring with Mars or Jupiter
A common question we get from our community is:
Melbourne monitors pollen in real time
SwisensPoleno Mars provides data and monitors pollen in real time for pollen allergy sufferers in Melbourne. Local TV station 9...
Automatic pollen monitoring
Monitor invisible and allergenic pollen Pollen is a major component of pathogenic bioaerosols transported through the air....
Real-time pollen monitoring in Europe
Pollen becomes an issue every year. At the latest in spring and certainly in summer when the birches and grasses start producing...