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Blogs
How can you calculate how many atoms are in a nanoparticle?
by Cathy Murphy Two years ago, I wrote a blog post called Two Ways to Make Nanoparticles, describing the difference between top-down and bottom-up methods for making nanoparticles. In the post I commented, “we can estimate, knowing how gold atoms pack …
Fluorescence is Awesome: New CSN Videos!
by Miriam Krause Fluorescence is a favorite topic here at Sustainable Nano – we’ve written about quantum dots, fluorescein in the Chicago River, glowing bacteria, and many other topics, but one of our most popular blog posts …
It’s time for the 2016 Reader Survey!
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 …
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 en el caparazón: un híbrido nano-bio por la captura de energía solar
Blog original en inglés por Tian Qiu Traducido por Jane Moye-Rowley Ya que yo soy una fan de ciencia ficción, vi recientemente dos películas: la Guerra de las galaxias la original (con la cual es …
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 …
Cómo sobrevivir tu primer congreso
Blog original en inglés por Thu Nguyen Traducido por Jeremy Miller Con la conclusión del semestre de la primavera, muchos científicos ya van preparándose para viajar a congresos a lo largo del verano. Durante el receso de primavera, …
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 …