by Miriam Krause Who are you, dear Sustainable Nano readers? We’d like to learn a little bit about you and what you think of our blog! Instead of reading a new blog post this week, please …
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Field Trip to the Minnesota Nano Center
by Miriam Krause Ever wondered what it’s like to go into a “clean room”? A couple weeks ago a group of students from the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology (CSN) got to find out during a tour …
Bacteria in the Shell: A Nano-bio Hybrid for Solar Energy Capture
by Autumn Qiu edited by Mimi Hang As a fan of sci-fi, I recently watched two classic movies: the original Star Wars (which you’re probably familiar with) and Ghost in the Shell (a post-cyberpunk Japanese …
How to search for a needle in a haystack: Spotting really tiny signals from the edge of the universe
by Catherine Alvarez edited by Mimi Hang As a chemistry graduate student I don’t normally take classes outside of the chemistry building, but this semester I happened to have an optics course in the physics …
How to Survive Your First Professional Conference
by Thu Ha Nguyen Now that spring semester is coming to an end, a lot of scientists are getting ready to go to scientific conferences over the summer. During spring break I had the opportunity …
The Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) and the CSN
by Qiang Cui You’ve probably heard of the Human Genome Project (HGP), which was a collaborative international research program to map and understand all the genes of human beings. The HGP was declared complete in …
Dr. Carlson Goes to Washington
by Erin Carlson My recent visit to Washington, D.C. to receive the PECASE award was amazing, overwhelming, unbelievable, such an honor…
Battery Behavior in the Biosphere: How We Probed Nanoscale Battery Materials Interacting with Bacteria
by Mimi Hang Along with eight colleagues (most from the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology) I recently co-authored an article in the American Chemical Society’s Chemistry of Materials journal titled “Impact of Nanoscale Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt …
How Can We Photograph the Nanosized World?
by Ben Frank edited by Alicia McGeachy If you think back to primary school science class, you may recall looking at cells or bacteria under a microscope. I remember being fascinated that I could look …
How Many AA Batteries Would it Take to Power a Mercedes?
by Miriam Krause edited by Mike Schwartz If you’re like me, you probably have a drawer full of AA batteries at home somewhere, just in case you need them. They’re not as ubiquitous as they …