National Chemistry Week – Chemistry Colors our World – Sustainable Nano Blog

by Miriam Krause

It’s National Chemistry Week! We have a couple of special posts planned in honor of this year’s theme, “Chemistry Colors our World.”

National Chemistry Week banner — National Chemistry Week

To kick off the week, here are just a few of the posts about color that we’ve published here at Sustainable Nano:

How the Fruits Got Their Colors
What is Color and How Can it Help Kill Cancer Cells?
Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with Fluorescence
Mimicking Nature’s Nanotechnology: From a Butterfly Wing to Anti-Counterfeit Technology
Nanomaterials Making Their Way Into Fireworks
Invisibility Cloaks & Tomato Juice – Two Videos About Light & Color
How Do Black Lights Work, Why Do Highlighters Look So Bright, and How Can You Impress Your Significant Other With Science?

butterfly, berries, & green river — Blue Morpho butterfly (image by Izzy LeCours), Kusagi berries, (image by Noël Zia Lee), and the Chicago River on St. Patrick’s Day (image by Mike Boehmer)

It’s also #RealTimeChem Week this week – check out @RealTimeChem on Twitter for glimpses into the everyday lives and work of chemists around the world.

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