Many trainees and faculty from the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology spent this past week at the 253rd American Chemical Society (ACS) Meeting. While we’re recovering, we hope you’ll enjoy a collection of interesting readings:
- News releases from the ACS National meeting
- Video captures moment plastic enters food chain by Mark Kinver (relevant to our podcast interview with Dr. Richard Thompson, Why Were Plastic Mirobeads Banned? Marine Debris and Sustainable Plastics)
- Communication: Antisocial media – article by Amber Dance about a 2014 Nature survey on how scientists use social media
- Groundbreaking technology successfully rewarms large-scale tissues preserved at very low temperatures – nanotechnology research based on research Improved tissue cryopreservation using inductive heating of magnetic nanoparticles, a research article in Science Translational Medicine (co-authored by CSN Associate Director Christy Haynes)
Want more? Here are a few recommendations for more recommended reading:
- check out the Small Pond Science blog’s recommended reading posts
- sign up for Science writer Ed Yong’s Ed’s Up Newsletter
- read ScienceSeeker’s weekly list of Editor’s Picks
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