How is a shopping cart like a nanoparticle? What coarse-grained molecular models can show us about nano-bio interactions
Imagine you work at a grocery store and you need to figure out how many shopping carts will fit in
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It’s December – time to apply for summer research!
Are you an undergraduate student, or do you know any undergraduate students? If the answer is yes, this blog post
What gives gold nanoparticles their color?
In a previous post, Can gold melt at room temperature? Melting temperature depression!, we talked about how the color of gold
Nanostructures in butterfly wings
A few weeks ago (before it started snowing!) I went on a walk in the garden across the street from
How science helped me overcome my fear of death
Do you remember the first time you saw a dead body? I do, and it isn’t a very pleasant memory.
It’s National Chemistry Week! What do Marvelous Metals have to do with nanotechnology?
Happy Mole Day! On October 23 we celebrate Avogadro’s Number (6.02 x 1023), an important unit of measurement in chemistry.
#NationalNanoDay Linkfest
Happy National Nanotechnology Day! The National Nanotechnology Initiative chose October 9 (10/9) for this festival of all things nano in
Seeing the Invisible
Human beings have been trying to figure out the elementary composition of the universe since the era of ancient Greece.
Can We Make Nanoparticles More Sustainable?
Most of us are familiar with the concept of “side effects.” This is when something that is designed to be
How Click Chemistry is Like Playing with LEGOs
LEGO blocks may be one of the simplest but most genius toys ever created, as evidenced by their popularity. Taking
