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Scientists Gather in Minneapolis to Talk Nanoengineering in Biology

A couple weeks ago, over 300 scientists and engineers with an interest in nanotechnology met together in Minneapolis at the American Society for Mechanical Engineering Nanoengineering in Medicine and...

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Nanoparticles & Food Part 1: Vitamins

For decades, Americans have spent billions of dollars on vitamin and mineral supplements,1 and despite concerns about effectiveness and safety,2 a 2013 Gallup poll found that half of Americans take a...

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Why Don’t We Recycle Styrofoam? – Speaking of Chemistry video

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 expanded polystyrene (EPS)...

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Gold Nanotechnology Featured on Academic Minute

Last month, I was featured on The Academic Minute, a segment produced by radio station WAMC in the northeastern US. The Academic Minute presents 300-word essays by professors and academics around the...

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Light Can Do Way More Than Bend: Part 2

For the first post that I wrote for the blog 2 years ago, I discussed some of the cool things that focused, high intensity light from a laser can do. For example, under the right circumstances laser...

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Publication Summary: Sustainable Nano on Open Access Sustainably

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. Dr. Rigoberto...

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The Green Nanotechnology Revolution

When we talk about sustainability in chemistry, one thing we have to think about is how the chemicals we use in our experiments may affect the environment. The traditional production of nanoparticles...

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Who Reads Sustainable Nano?

Who reads Sustainable Nano? You do!  And we’d love to know a little more about you! Instead of reading a new blog post this week, please take a few minutes to fill out our first ever Sustainable Nano...

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How the Fruits Got Their Colors

It’s Sunday night and I am watching one of my favorite shows, which of course revolves around food. In this particular episode, competitors were challenged to incorporate blue into their baked delights...

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What Can One Hotel Do to Be Sustainable?

Let’s face it, staying in a hotel can be pretty wasteful. All those take-out containers for food, those little soaps in cardboard boxes (or plastic wrap!) that get used three times before they’re...

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