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...
View ArticleNanoparticles & 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...
View ArticleWhy 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)...
View ArticleGold 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...
View ArticleLight 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...
View ArticlePublication 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleWho 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleWhat 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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