by Stephanie Mitchell edited by Emily Caudill Yes folks, we’ve done it. You probably didn’t think we could, but we found another way to talk about beer and nanoparticles! Have you ever pondered why bubbles …
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A Chemist Abroad: Dispatch #1
by Kadir Hussein University of Minnesota undergraduate student Kadir Hussein is studying abroad this fall in Freiburg, Germany. This is the first of what we hope will be a series of updates from him throughout …
Designing a Simple, Easy-to-Build Reactor for Making Nanoparticles
by Sam Lohse 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. Sam Lohse, the first author on this …
How Some Nanoparticles are Like Chocolate Chip Cookies
by John Van Gilder Synthesizing nanoparticles is sometimes a lot like baking cookies. You start with ingredients, mix them together, and put them in the oven. After a few hours, you take them out and …
Two Ways to Make Nanoparticles
by Cathy Murphy In Marco’s previous post, you can read how making nanoparticles is like baking – different proportions of ingredients and different processing conditions (time and temperature) can turn your batter into a pancake, …
Scientific Lessons from Bread Baking
by Marco Torelli Every day chemists enter their laboratories, intent on making or studying something. For me, my daily task is to think about nanoparticles. At the end of the day the thinking process is …
Fungus Amongus – the Nanoparticle Producers
by Jared Bozich Recent discoveries continue to highlight the many uses of that wonderful kingdom of life, fungus. Penicillin, a group of antibiotics that changed medicine forever, is derived from the Penicillium fungi (taken from …
A Scientific Car Salesperson Visits the Factory Floor
by Jared Bozich Imagine yourself as a “scientific car salesperson.” Your job is to study how to get people to buy your cars. People ask you questions about the cars, and you usually have an …
Nanoparticles With Your Coffee? A Java-Infused Science Experiment!
by Stephanie Sanders Many of us couldn’t make it through a day without a cup or two of our favorite caffeinated beverage. I usually start my day with a warm cup of coffee or tea. …