by Miriam Krause Last month we posted “Light Can Do Way More Than Bend: Part 2,” in which we talked about using lasers to create a particular type of metamaterial from gold nanoparticles. One exciting …
Month: July 2015
How do different kinds of bacteria interact with different kinds of nanoparticles?
by Vivian Feng This post is part of our ongoing series of public-friendly summaries describing research articles that have been published by members of the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology. Vivian Feng, a chemistry professor at …
What Can One Hotel Do to Be Sustainable?
by Miriam Krause Let’s face it, staying in a hotel can be pretty wasteful. All those take-out containers for food, those little soaps in cardboard boxes (or plastic wrap!) that get used three times before …
How the Fruits Got Their Colors
by Alicia McGeachy edited by Arielle Mensch It’s Sunday night and I am watching one of my favorite shows, which of course revolves around food. In this particular episode, competitors were challenged to incorporate blue …