by Miriam Krause This weekend, over 350,000 people are expected to attend the 4-day U.S. Science & Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C. The event is at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center from 10am-6pm Saturday and …
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Why do Scientists Care about Bacterial Replication?
by Joe Buchman edited by Arielle Mensch Did you know that under the right conditions, bacteria can divide every 20 minutes?1 (That’s how bacteria reproduce – one cell splits into two.) That means that 10 …
2016: The Start of a New… Decade? Part 2
by Gene Chong edited by Ariane Vartanian In 2005, Science magazine published their 125th anniversary issue and posed 25 of the biggest questions “facing science over the next quarter-century”.1 In my previous post, I talked …
2016: The Start of a New… Decade? Part 1
by Gene Chong edited by Ariane Vartanian The coming of spring, like New Years Day, leads many of us to ruminate over what we did and did not accomplish in the past year and to …
Aerogels: Nanotechnology to Space and Beyond
by Merve Doğangün edited by Eric Melby Humans have been dreaming about space travel since the early ages. As many of you recall from the opening lines of Star Trek, it has been fascinating for …
Recommended Reading: Spring Break Edition
by Miriam Krause It’s Recommended Reading Day here at Sustainable Nano! There’s so much great stuff out there on the internet that it’s impossible to catch it all, so we thought we’d offer you a little …
Nanoparticles – 5 Ways These “Little Fighters” Are Making a Big Impact in the War on Terrorism
by Taeyjuana Curry edited by Arielle Mensch The term “terrorism” is becoming quite ubiquitous in our everyday lives. It seems that you can hardly watch a news report, browse the internet, listen to a podcast, …
Chemistry’s Community Spaces
by Rigoberto Hernandez There was a time when book stores and libraries were the places where you met others. Like in today’s universities, in which librarians can’t get rid of books fast enough, students still …
The Science of Snow
by Nicholas Niemuthedited by Alicia McGeachy In the CSN, we like to study and understand small things. Everyone knows the adage “no two snowflakes are alike,” but what actually goes into creating this variety of …
From Leap Year to Frogs to Nanotechnology
by Caley Allen edited by Ian Gunsolus In case you hadn’t noticed, today is February 29! That means this is a leap year. Occurring once every four years, leap years have 366 days rather than …