by Miriam Krause Are you looking for the summer research program that will give you the experience you need to consider a career in nanotechnology? Are you interested in chemistry AND sustainability? If so, the …
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#NationalNanoDay Linkfest
by Miriam Krause Happy National Nanotechnology Day! The National Nanotechnology Initiative chose October 9 (10/9) for this festival of all things nano in honor of the nanoscale, which is 10-9. In other words, a nanometer …
Life is S’more Fun with Nanoscience
by Stephanie Mitchelledited by Emily Caudill It’s hard to turn down an opportunity to share how cool nanoscience is with the public, and especially with children. Back in February, a group of CSN affiliated women …
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 …
New Sustainable Nanotechnology Videos!
by Miriam Krause What exactly is “sustainable nanotechnology?” Even after over 200 Sustainable Nano blog posts, the answer to that question might not seem obvious! Fortunately, we have two new videos to share that do …
2016: Sustainable Nano Year in Review
by Miriam Krause Happy New Year, everyone! 2016 was a very busy year for Sustainable Nano and the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology. Researchers in the Center had nine papers published in scientific journals and have a …
Fluorescence is Awesome: New CSN Videos!
by Miriam Krause Fluorescence is a favorite topic here at Sustainable Nano – we’ve written about quantum dots, fluorescein in the Chicago River, glowing bacteria, and many other topics, but one of our most popular blog posts …
Invisibility Cloaks & Tomato Juice – Two Videos About Light & Color
by Miriam Krause Last month we posted “Light Can Do Way More Than Bend: Part 2,” in which we talked about using lasers to create a particular type of metamaterial from gold nanoparticles. One exciting …
Why Don’t We Recycle Styrofoam? – Speaking of Chemistry video
by Miriam Krause This post is part of our occasional “How is that sustainable?” series. You can see our previous post on paper vs. plastic here. This spring, New York City banned the use of …
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 …