by Cathy Murphy Last month, I was featured on The Academic Minute, a segment produced by radio station WAMC in the northeastern US. The Academic Minute presents 300-word essays by professors and academics around the …
Month: May 2015
Why Don’t We Recycle Styrofoam? – Speaking of Chemistry video
by Miriam Krause This post is part of our occasional “How is that sustainable?” series. You can see our previous post on paper vs. plastic here. This spring, New York City banned the use of …
Nanoparticles & Food Part 1: Vitamins
by Ese Ehimiaghe edited by Arielle Mensch For decades, Americans have spent billions of dollars on vitamin and mineral supplements,1 and despite concerns about effectiveness and safety,2 a 2013 Gallup poll found that half of Americans …
Scientists Gather in Minneapolis to Talk Nanoengineering in Biology
by Katie Hurley A couple weeks ago, over 300 scientists and engineers with an interest in nanotechnology met together in Minneapolis at the American Society for Mechanical Engineering Nanoengineering in Medicine and Biology meeting. If …