by Katie Hurley 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. Katie Hurley and Nathan Klein, a …
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How Can You See an Atom? – ACS Reactions Video
by Miriam Krause Here at Sustainable Nano, we’ve published several posts talking about the instrumentation used by researchers in the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology to visualize nanoparticles and cell membranes, such as atomic force microscopy and super-resolution …
The Atomic Force Microscope – Probing to “See” at the Nanoscale
by Arielle Mensch Take a look around – do you see a surface that looks a little bumpy? Now close your eyes, reach out your hand, and feel that surface. Got an idea of what …
Bright Nanoparticles + Glowing Bacteria = Beautiful, Useful Pictures
by Christy Haynes One major type of output from university research labs is the publication of scientific results in scientific journals. When we write these papers, our target audience is not the general public; rather, …
Swiss Army Knife of Science – Collaborations & Research Instrumentation
by Franz Geiger This blog post comes at a time when our center is probing the nano-bio interface (see prior blog entries below) with one of the largest collection of scientific research instrumentation to which …
Spying on chameleon nanoparticles inside living cells
by Galya Orr If you are exposed to nanoparticles, you might think they would move around inside your body unchanged. However, it would be more accurate to think of them as tiny chameleons, constantly changing …
What’s the Difference between Magnification and Resolution? Dog of Science Demonstrates.
by Tom Kuech Seeing small objects is no simple task, but it is an essential one for scientists from fields as diverse as astronomy and nanotechnology. In order to see tiny things, we need to …
A Boy and His Atom: The World’s Smallest Movie – Friday Video
by Lee Bishop This amazing movie was made using a microscope that can visualize atoms at 100 million times magnification. This microscope, known as a scanning tunneling microscope, can also move atoms around. For more, see …
Zooming in on the Nano World: Limitations and Breakthroughs in Light Microscopy
by Ian Gunsolus The idea that an image is worth a thousand words applies just as much in science as it does in other contexts. Using images, scientists can convey complex information more quickly and …
The Strange New World of Nanoscience – Friday Video!
by Lee Bishop Awesome video, no further comments necessary. Happy Friday! 🙂