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October 4, 2019 blog post

Seeing the Invisible

Human beings have been trying to figure out the elementary composition of the universe since the era of ancient Greece.

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July 12, 2019 blog post

Celebrating Science at a Science Fiction Convention

I am a second-generation science fiction fan; my parents have been Star Trek fans since the ‘60s, and I grew

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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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STORM
June 11, 2018 blog post

Snapshots of the Cytoskeleton

Have you ever thought about what you’d be like without a skeleton? Our skeletons give us our structure and also

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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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April 28, 2015 blog post

National Lab Travelogue: A day in the life of a graduate student visiting the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

As a life-long nerd and science-lover, it is hard to imagine a laboratory that could get me more excited than

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April 21, 2015 blog post

Publication Summary: Dark Field Microscopy Makes Nanoparticles Light Up

This post is part of our ongoing series of public-friendly summaries describing research articles that have been published by members of

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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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