by Franz Geiger This blog post comes at a time when our center is probing the nano-bio interface (see prior blog entries below) with one of the largest collection of scientific research instrumentation to which …
Month: July 2014
The Roof Coating that could Reduce Smog
by Ky Christenson In 2012 around 7 million people died as a result of air pollution exposure according to the World Health Organization. Air Pollution is now the world’s largest single environmental health risk. Reducing …
Remanentes Invisibles de la Materia Muerta en el Agua
Blog original en inglés por Arielle Mensch Traducido por Mercedes Ruiz Editado por Gustavo A. Dominguez ¿Estas listo para un pequeño test? Trata de hacer una lista de las cosas que se encuentran en un rio …
Invisible Remnants of Dead Stuff Hiding in Water
by Arielle Mensch Ready for a little test? Try to list all of the things you can think of that are found in a river or lake… I’m sure you came up with things like …
Animated Ladybug Super Zoom-In
by Tom Kuech Here is the underside of a ladybug. Click the image to enlarge. You won’t regret it! In this post I hope to help you appreciate just how small “nano” is, using the …
How I Study Nanoparticles’ Interactions with Biological Soup
by Lisa Jacob Designing non-toxic nanomaterials requires that we understand how those nanomaterials interact with biological systems. Systems such as you me, and all other organisms, contain a “biological soup” of chemical compounds, known as …