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October 14, 2020 blog post

Podcast Ep 37. Shine Bright like a Diamond… Inside of a Worm

Zack Jones, a graduate student in the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology, gives diamonds to his study organism. But they’re nanodiamonds,

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April 17, 2020 blog post

Can nanotechnology help make a better COVID-19 test?

Did you know that scientists have used nanotechnology to develop a test for the MERS coronavirus? The results of the test

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November 19, 2018 blog post

Have you ever seen colorful “carbon”?

What is the color of “typical” carbons? As black as charcoal, or as clear as diamond (Fig. 1)? Can we

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trout gill cell AFM
October 5, 2018 blog post

How do scientists determine the texture of cells?

This post was co-authored by Arielle Mensch & Yi Cui We recently received a very intriguing question from a 12-year

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glowing fungus
December 15, 2016 blog post

Using Gold Nanobullets for Genetic Engineering

Have you seen the movie Avatar? I remember being captivated by the colorful world of Pandora, where the Na’vi lived.

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July 12, 2016 blog post

Fluorescence is Awesome: New CSN Videos!

Fluorescence is a favorite topic here at Sustainable Nano – we’ve written about quantum dots, fluorescein in the Chicago River, glowing

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March 17, 2015 blog post

Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with Fluorescence

Our last blog post featured lighting technology powered by algae, and this week is all about a different example of

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October 21, 2014 blog post

Nobel 2014: What makes super-resolution microscopy so super?

The awarding of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Dr.s Betzig, Hell, and Moerner (my former research mentor) is

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October 7, 2014 blog post

Bright Nanoparticles + Glowing Bacteria = Beautiful, Useful Pictures

One major type of output from university research labs is the publication of scientific results in scientific journals. When we

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August 12, 2014 blog post

How Some Nanoparticles are Like Chocolate Chip Cookies

Synthesizing nanoparticles is sometimes a lot like baking cookies. You start with ingredients, mix them together, and put them in

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