by Ravithree Senanayake With the global population at nearly 8 billion, there is a growing demand for a safer and more sustainable ways of food production. New technologies are constantly being developed to help keep …
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How crochet can be used to model nanoscience
by Abby Stitgen What do silver nanoparticles have to do with snowflakes and crochet? Usually, not much! But recently, scientists have created methods to make snowflake-like shapes out of silver nanoparticles 1, and their methods …
Why nanoscientists and farmers both care about plant leaves
by Chaoyi Deng As the world’s population grows and climate change messes with how plants grow, scientists are diving deep into ways to make plants healthier and help them grow better. They’re all about finding …
Quantum Computing for Everyone
by Jennifer Bjorklund The first quantum revolution occurred almost a hundred years ago and changed the world with the invention of computers, telecommunication, and satellite navigation1. Now, the second quantum revolution is underway, harnessing the …
CSN middle school outreach: Teaching nanoscience the fun way!
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 …
How do CSN experiments become patented technology?
by Christy HaynesEdited by Rayla Vilar How do CSN experiments become patented technology (and potentially products/companies)? In chemistry we often categorize our research as either more fundamental or more applied. Fundamental studies are trying to …
National Nanotechnology Day and Indigenous Peoples Day 2023
by Denise Williams-Harris October 9, 2023 is both National Nanotechnology Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day! We previously posted about the co-occurrence of these celebrations in our 2017 Celebrating National Nanotechnology Day and Indigenous Peoples Day …
Play the Game of Nanopoly!
by Chris Castilloco-written by Marena Rivera Dopazo & Hye-In Kim After having recently attended the 2023 Environmental Nanotechnology Gordon Research Conference, I was blown away by the different types of applications nanoparticles were being used …
Happy 75th Birthday to the Transistor!
by Miriam Krause Earlier this week I heard a quick piece on NPR’s Marketplace called “75 years ago, the transistor ignited the fire of modern innovation,” about how the transistor was “born” exactly 75 years …
The NSF Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology uses art and story to make the nano world relatable
This post was originally published on the Lifeology blog on March 25th, 2021. Here at Lifeology, we’ve recently been honored to collaborate with The NSF Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology (CSN)! Together we’ve now created two Lifeology “flashcard” …