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February 11, 2022 blog post

A Photon Saved is a Photon Earned

Now that we’ve passed the winter solstice and are starting to get some more daylight here in Wisconsin, it seems

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Royal Rife
August 18, 2017 blog post

Royal Rife’s Universal Microscope (and Why It Can’t Exist)

In the 1930s, microscope designer Royal Rife made a splash with reports that he had designed a new microscope that

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November 3, 2016 blog post

Nature Under a Microscope: Exploring the Beauty of Nanoscience

Towering mountains are stretching beyond my sight, flaming roses are blossoming by my side, shooting stars are dashing above my

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May 4, 2016 blog post

How Can We Photograph the Nanosized World?

If you think back to primary school science class, you may recall looking at cells or bacteria under a microscope.

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April 15, 2015 blog post

How Can You See an Atom? – ACS Reactions Video

Here at Sustainable Nano, we’ve published several posts talking about the instrumentation used by researchers in the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology to visualize nanoparticles and

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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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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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July 31, 2014 blog post

Swiss Army Knife of Science – Collaborations & Research Instrumentation

This blog post comes at a time when our center is probing the nano-bio interface (see prior blog entries below)

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February 4, 2014 blog post

Spying on chameleon nanoparticles inside living cells

If you are exposed to nanoparticles, you might think they would move around inside your body unchanged. However, it would

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January 6, 2014 blog post

What’s the Difference between Magnification and Resolution? Dog of Science Demonstrates.

Seeing small objects is no simple task, but it is an essential one for scientists from fields as diverse as

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