by Yu Shen A brief introduction of nanoparticle applications in agriculture from the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station There are currently about 7.67 billion people on Earth, and by 2050 the population is expected to increase …
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Nanotechnology and the Future of Fuel Cells
by Giles Kirkland Fuel cells are a technology for transforming the chemical energy of a fuel into electricity using redox reactions (usually combining hydrogen fuel with oxygen from the air). They are different from most …
Nanotechnology for Younger & Healthier Skin?
by Christopher Martinez-Tiruedited by Stephanie Mitchell Guess what? Your skin is the biggest organ in your body, with an area of 2m2 (pretty much the size of a beach towel)! Skin plays an important role in …
COVID-19, Nano, and You
by Miriam Krause For many of us, our news feeds and personal conversations have been dominated this week by COVID-19. The disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been in the …
How do we measure the size of nanoparticles in a solution?
by Hyunho Kang The size of the materials in nanotechnology is one of the most important factors that power and define the properties of the nanomaterials. But there are many different techniques for measuring that …
Pokémon Carbon Chemistry: Carbink and Diancie
by Natalie Hudson-Smith For our Halloween blog post back in 2017, I used chemistry to figure out how many moles of gas are in a Gastly, a gaseous ghost/poison-type Pokémon. (Because Pokémon are fantastical creatures, it’s …
Entertaining and Informing: The Art of Fun Science Abbreviations
by Curtis Greenedited by Stephanie Mitchell Have you ever had to read a paragraph or a sentence several times to understand it? I know I have. I often take 3-4 passes to understand particularly complex …
Why should YOU apply for the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology summer program?
by Miriam Krause Are you looking for the summer research program that will give you the experience you need to consider a career in nanotechnology? Are you interested in chemistry AND sustainability? If so, the …
How is a shopping cart like a nanoparticle? What coarse-grained molecular models can show us about nano-bio interactions
by Qiang Cui Imagine you work at a grocery store and you need to figure out how many shopping carts will fit in a certain space. You know that each shopping cart is 33 inches …
It’s December – time to apply for summer research!
by Miriam Krause Are you an undergraduate student, or do you know any undergraduate students? If the answer is yes, this blog post is for you! Believe it or not, many summer research programs have …