by Izzy Foreman-Ortiz edited by Arielle Mensch and Emily Caudill When you think of futuristic clothing, you probably imagine lots of metallics, holographic accents, and textures. In fact, the sci-fi imagery that springs to mind …
Sustainable Nano
Have you ever seen colorful “carbon”?
by Bo Zhi edited by Joe Bennett What is the color of “typical” carbons? As black as charcoal, or as clear as diamond (Fig. 1)? Can we imagine any other answers, such as blue, green, …
Zack’s Nano Adventure
by Zack Jonesedited by Alicia McGeachy Some time ago, my labmates and I invented a character named “Nano Person” as a way of giving some frame of reference for the nano-scale. Nano Person fights nano-crime …
Bog bodies: the chemistry behind natural embalming
by Jaya Borgatta edited by Natalie Hudson-Smith Can you imagine being able to look at a body that is 2,700 years old and know what that person had for dinner? Many people are familiar with …
Happy Mole Day: 2018 Edition
by Rigoberto Hernandez Nano is small. Yet we find that a few nanoparticles can have very large scale effects. How do we make sense of these disparate scales? Several previous blog posts — such as …
An engineer as President??
by Joe Bennett edited by Emily Caudill Have you ever been to a presidential library? Each site is located in the home state of the president and they are maintained by the National Archives and …
How do scientists determine the texture of cells?
co-authored by Arielle Mensch & Yi Cui We recently received a very intriguing question from a 12-year old reader, Olivia, who asked, “How do scientists figure out the texture of cells?” This is a great …
From Beer Bubbles to Nanoparticles: What is Nucleation?
by Stephanie Mitchell edited by Emily Caudill Yes folks, we’ve done it. You probably didn’t think we could, but we found another way to talk about beer and nanoparticles! Have you ever pondered why bubbles …
Agricultural Pollution in the Chesapeake Bay and What is Being Done About It
by Beichen Liu edited by Alicia McGeachy A lot is being said these days about pollution in waterways, how to prevent it, and how to clean up pollution that started decades ago. During a summer …
Volunteering for the Prison Education Project
by Micaela Homer edited by Alicia McGeachy On the first evening I drove to teach in a prison, I was nervous. Would they respect me? Would they be interested in the lesson I prepared? Even …