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 …
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How Perceived Fears May Influence Companies’ Labeling of Nanoparticles
by Ese Ehimiaghe edited by Juli Troiano A few weeks ago I stumbled across an article about THINX, a new company that is innovating women’s underwear. They are using existing technologies to improve women’s underwear; …
Light Can Do Way More Than Bend: Part 2
by Juli Troiano edited by Ariane Vartanian For the first post that I wrote for the blog 2 years ago, I discussed some of the cool things that focused, high intensity light from a laser …
From Soldier to Scientist: The CSN’s Role in a Veteran’s Return to Civilian Life
by Alec Kinczewski edited by Juli Troiano With Operations Iraqi Freedom/New Dawn having ended and Enduring Freedom drawing to a close a new push is underway to retrain our returning veterans. The wars have produced …
Negatively-Charged Nanoparticles Stick to a Negatively-Charged Surface
by Juli Troiano This post is part of our ongoing series of public-friendly summaries describing research articles that have been published by members of the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology. Julianne Troiano, a doctoral student at …
Nanorobots can play nanosoccer and a whole lot more
by Jared Bozich edited by Juli Troiano In the excitement of the FIFA World Cup last summer, I found myself asking, “does soccer relate to nanotechnology in any way?” After doing some research, my honest …
Interstellar Carbon Nanoparticles: From Dull to Shiny
by Gustavo Dominguez edited by Juli Troiano How many of us have ever heard the phrase “Like a diamond in the sky”? There is actually some truth to this expression that astronomers have known for …
Using Nano/Micromachines to Help Clean Up Oil Spills
by Sunipa Pramanik edited by Juli Troiano One of the largest oil spills in recent history happened in April 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and sank, resulting …