by Caroline Anastasia (written with help from Ravithree Senanayake) Leading up to our Fall 2023 CSN All-Hands meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a group of CSN students, post-docs, and faculty arrived at Deer Creek Intermediate School …
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A Photon Saved is a Photon Earned
by Randy Goldsmith Now that we’ve passed the winter solstice and are starting to get some more daylight here in Wisconsin, it seems like a good time to talk about how valuable photons are. And …
Seeing the Invisible
by Xiaoxiao Yaoedited by Natalie Hudson-Smith Human beings have been trying to figure out the elementary composition of the universe since the era of ancient Greece. Democritus, an ancient Greek philosopher, created atomic theory. In …
Celebrating Science at a Science Fiction Convention
by Miriam Krauseedited by Natalie Hudson-Smith I am a second-generation science fiction fan; my parents have been Star Trek fans since the ‘60s, and I grew up on PBS reruns of Doctor Who in the …
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 …
Snapshots of the Cytoskeleton
by Solaire Finkenstaedt-Quinnedited by Joe Buchman Have you ever thought about what you’d be like without a skeleton? Our skeletons give us our structure and also allow us to move. Without the bones that make …
Royal Rife’s Universal Microscope (and Why It Can’t Exist)
by Natalie Hudson-Smith edited by Merve Doğangün In the 1930s, microscope designer Royal Rife made a splash with reports that he had designed a new microscope that could view nanoscale objects such as viruses!1 The …
Nature Under a Microscope: Exploring the Beauty of Nanoscience
by Bo Zhiedited by Arielle Mensch Towering mountains are stretching beyond my sight, flaming roses are blossoming by my side, shooting stars are dashing above my head. You might think that I am traveling to …
National Lab Travelogue: A day in the life of a graduate student visiting the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
by Eric Melby edited by Ian Gunsolus As a life-long nerd and science-lover, it is hard to imagine a laboratory that could get me more excited than Galya Orr’s lab at the Pacific Northwest National …
Publication Summary: Dark Field Microscopy Makes Nanoparticles Light Up
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 …