Ep. 33 It Just Didn’t Feel Like Me: Belonging and Sexism in Science
How often do college women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) experience sexism? And how do these experiences affect
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Ep 27. The Constant Loop: How Nanoparticles and the Environment Affect Each Other
Lithium Cobalt Oxide (LCO) is an important nanomaterial used in batteries, but little is known about what happens when it
Ep 26. Nanomaterials and Renewable Energy: From Solar Panels to Machine Learning
How are photons like toddlers? And what does that have to do with solar energy? Dr. Jillian Buriak has been
Nanotechnology and cars, inside and out
Vehicles of the near future will benefit greatly from nanotechnology and nanomaterials. The global expectations for lower emissions and fuel
How do nanomaterials from e-waste transform in water? Computational chemistry helps find the answer
The development of nanotechnology has been an exciting route to chemical innovation that has changed the way that we live.
Have You Ever Heard a Lemon Sing? Music and Chemistry
Have you ever used a poem or song to help yourself remember a complicated concept or a list that you
What’s With All Those Flaming Cell Phones? A Primer on Battery Safety
By now you’ve probably heard about Samsung’s recall of all Galaxy Notes 7s. Several years ago the entire worldwide fleet
Ep 3. Nanoparticles in Electric Car Batteries: How Do We Study Sustainability?
In this episode, we talk about a recent research study that looked at how one type of battery nanomaterial affects bacteria called Shewanella oneidensis. We interview Mimi Hang and Ian Gunsolus, who were co-first authors of the study as graduate students in the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology.
Battery Behavior in the Biosphere: How We Probed Nanoscale Battery Materials Interacting with Bacteria
Along with eight colleagues (most from the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology) I recently co-authored an article in the American Chemical Society’s
How Many AA Batteries Would it Take to Power a Mercedes?
If you’re like me, you probably have a drawer full of AA batteries at home somewhere, just in case you
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