by Laura Kesneredited by Natalie Hudson-Smith Hearing of the fire at Notre Dame de Paris a year ago broke my heart. I have only been there once in my life, but that visit is one …
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How Green is Iceland?
by Juli Troiano edited by Arielle Mensch and Eric Melby Before I travelled to Iceland for the first time in August the only thing I really knew about the country was “Iceland is green and …
New Nanomaterial for Increased Energy Efficiency – Friday Video
by Lee Bishop A research group at Drexel University has developed a set of material that show promise in increasing the energy storage capacity and charge/discharge speeds of lithium ion batteries. Batteries with greater storage capacity …
Explainer: How does an LED work?
by Kurt Jacobson An acronym you have probably seen a whole lot of in recent years is LED, or Light Emitting Diode. Long used only for low-intensity illumination (think of the blinking lights on the …
How do Lithium Ion Batteries Work? A Nanotechnology Explainer.
by Julianne Troiano During a recent visit to Home Depot I came face to face with a lithium-ion battery, nanotechnology, and my interest in making a wooden-framed mirror. I had my eyes on some shiny, …
Liquor Aging, Tiny Barrels, and Next Generation Solar Cells
by Lee Bishop “You’ve gotta give it a taste to know!” answered the long-haired, cowboy shirt-wearing distiller dude at Madison, Wisconsin’s Old Sugar Distillery. He was responding to my incessant questions about how long their liquors …
What Does Sustainable Have To Do With Nano?
by Ian Gonsolus Sustainability is a hot topic these days, even making its way into advertisements for one of the world’s biggest companies (see below). I would guess that on this very day, you have …