by Miriam Krause
Many trainees and faculty from the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology spent this past week at the 253rd American Chemical Society (ACS) Meeting. While we’re recovering, we hope you’ll enjoy a collection of interesting readings:
- News releases from the ACS National meeting
- Video captures moment plastic enters food chain by Mark Kinver (relevant to our podcast interview with Dr. Richard Thompson, Why Were Plastic Mirobeads Banned? Marine Debris and Sustainable Plastics)
- Communication: Antisocial media – article by Amber Dance about a 2014 Nature survey on how scientists use social media
- Groundbreaking technology successfully rewarms large-scale tissues preserved at very low temperatures – nanotechnology research based on research Improved tissue cryopreservation using inductive heating of magnetic nanoparticles, a research article in Science Translational Medicine (co-authored by CSN Associate Director Christy Haynes)
Want more? Here are a few recommendations for more recommended reading:
- check out the Small Pond Science blog’s recommended reading posts
- sign up for Science writer Ed Yong’s Ed’s Up Newsletter
- read ScienceSeeker’s weekly list of Editor’s Picks