by Miriam Krause It’s time for our 2015 year-end roundup for Sustainable Nano and the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology. It’s been an exciting year for the CSN, culminating in September’s announcement that we were awarded Phase …
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What Makes Sea Foam Foamy?
by Joel Pedersen Last week, a handful of scientists from the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology had the chance to visit Hawai’i for a once-every-five-years chemistry conference called Pacifichem. A few of us had a chance to …
Digging Deep: Celebrating the Gem Beneath Our Feet
by Ian Gunsolus edited by Mimi Hang and Ariane Vartanian Did you know that there are nearly 70,000 different types of soil in the United States?1 With the abundance of natural beauty that we see …
December: Time to Think About Summer Research!
by Miriam Krause For many undergraduate students, winter break is the time to start thinking ahead about research opportunities for the coming summer. Hands-on research experience is a great way to supplement their coursework, and …
Turkeys and Photonic Crystals: Lots to Be Thankful For
by Mimi Hang edited by Joe Buchman and Ian Gunsolus Did you know that Americans consume a whopping average of 46 million turkeys at Thanksgiving? That’s about 1 turkey for every 7 Americans!1,2 With the …
What’s in a scientific publication’s name? One research article title explained
I recently had an article published in the journal Environmental Science: Nano along with seven co-authors from the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology. The title is “Formation of supported lipid bilayers containing phase-segregated domains and their …
Putting “Diversity, Innovation, Safety, and Communication” Front and Center in Scientific Research
by Christy Haynes There has been a recent upswing in promoting a “culture of safety” in academic chemistry departments and labs across the country.1,2 Industry labs have been heralding this as a much needed training …
The CSN Research Experience for Veterans Program
by Miriam Krause In honor of Veterans Day here in the U.S., we’d like to highlight something we’re very proud of at the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology: our Research Experience for Veterans (REV) program.
A Chemist Abroad: Dispatch #1
by Kadir Hussein University of Minnesota undergraduate student Kadir Hussein is studying abroad this fall in Freiburg, Germany. This is the first of what we hope will be a series of updates from him throughout …
Using Gene Expression to Learn About Nanoparticle Toxicity
by Autumn Qiu What happens to cells when they come into contact with nanoparticles? Researchers in the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology are trying to answer this question in a lot of different ways. The effect …