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cartoon of a lipid nanoparticle showing a lipid bilayer ring (hairpin shapes with open ends toward each other) surrounding a DNA helix shape in the center
December 2, 2021 blog post

Lipid Nanoparticles in COVID Vaccines

Now that children from 5 to 11 years old are eligible to receive COVID vaccines, many people are wondering again

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January 17, 2020 blog post

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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December 13, 2018 blog post

Quantum Dots and Lipid Rafts: Analytical Chemistry Solves a Nanoscale Mystery

Remember all those great Black Friday deals on QLED televisions? You may not realize it, but they were all about

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February 9, 2017 blog post

What Does Nanotechnology Have to Do with Chocolate?

A few days from now is Valentine’s Day, a day to take time to appreciate what matters the most in

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November 19, 2015 blog post

What’s in a scientific publication’s name? One research article title explained

I recently had an article published in the journal Environmental Science: Nano along with seven co-authors from the Center for

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September 24, 2015 blog post

Why Shouldn’t We Toss Lithium-Ion Batteries in the Trash?

If you’re like me, you might already have a pile of old electronics in your basement, waiting for you to

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March 24, 2015 blog post

The Atomic Force Microscope – Probing to “See” at the Nanoscale

Take a look around – do you see a surface that looks a little bumpy?  Now close your eyes, reach

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January 16, 2015 blog post

A Science Journalist Ventures Into the Lab

Guest Post by Zachary Vasile It can be difficult to record exactly how a writer thinks. This is not to

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January 6, 2015 blog post

How Do Scientists Understand the Cell Membrane?

One of the primary goals of the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology is to understand what happens when nanomaterials are exposed

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November 27, 2013 blog post

One of the Most Sensitive Balances on the Planet – Quartz Crystal Microbalance

Take a look at your wrist.  Have you ever wonder what makes your watch tick with such precision?  What if

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