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December 4, 2018 blog post

What is Aqua Regia, and what makes it royal?

Aqua regia, latin for “royal water”, is a fascinating, dangerous, and useful liquid that some of us in the Center

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September 27, 2018 blog post

From Beer Bubbles to Nanoparticles: What is Nucleation?

Yes folks, we’ve done it. You probably didn’t think we could, but we found another way to talk about beer

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April 13, 2018 blog post

Nanoparticles can stick to bacteria, but does more nanoparticle sticking mean more toxicity?

Have bacteria ever made you sick? If you answer no I’m not going to believe you. When most of us

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February 22, 2018 blog post

Engineered Nanoparticles Change Shape in Soil and Groundwater

Engineered nanoparticles (NPs) are now components of thousands of consumer products, including personal care products, sporting goods, solar panels, and

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February 14, 2018 blog post

Can gold melt at room temperature? Melting temperature depression!

Gold is one of the most highly desired metals in the world. The precious yellow metal is rare in nature

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October 24, 2016 blog post / mole day

Happy Mole Day 2016!

Happy Mole Day from the CSN! This is our third annual post for Mole Day (check out the posts for 2014

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July 28, 2016 blog post

How can you calculate how many atoms are in a nanoparticle?

Two years ago, I wrote a blog post called Two Ways to Make Nanoparticles, describing the difference between top-down and bottom-up methods for making nanoparticles. In

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