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Nanotubes and Asbestos Video
July 27, 2009
Vrylena Olney
(A confession: Brad Herring sent me a link to this video months ago and I carefully filed it away to include in a later blog post and in the newsletter. Then I forgot about it until Brad very graciously mentioned...
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"Cooler in terms of temperature, as well as awesomeness."
July 21, 2009
Vrylena Olney
If you've got a few minutes to kill, check out the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry's podcast on nanotechnology . Anders Liljeholm from OMSI (a NISE Net programs team member who does a mean Evil Nanoscientist ) answers questions...
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Nano Sunscreens: Not So Bad?
July 20, 2009
Vrylena Olney
There's been some debate about the safety of nano-sized particles of zinc oxide and titanium dioxide in sunscreens-- one of the scenarios discussed in the NISE Net's Nanomedicine in Healthcare forum relates to using nano-sized particles of zinc oxide in...
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Washington DC Nano News - A Tale of Two Bills
July 17, 2009
Margaret Glass
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Building connections between social science and informal science education
July 15, 2009
Larry Bell
Members of the NISE Net Program group and faculty and students at the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University are teaming up to demonstrate and discuss potential collaborations between the social science community and the informal science...
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Blowing Bubbles and Learning About Nanostructures
July 8, 2009
Vrylena Olney
Visitors to the Sciencenter in Ithaca, NY , are blowing bubbles and exploring the nanoworld at the same time. Visitors to the outdoor science park investigate the properties of bubbles, structures that self-assemble from soap film. They also create large...
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Nano Bite: July 2009
Welcome to the July Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). What's new in the Network? → The Visualization Lab (Viz Lab) Image Collection is now up on nisenet.org . The collection includes
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There's POLYMER SLIME in that summer camp!
July 2, 2009
Vrylena Olney
Campers at the Austin Children's Museum will be learning about molecules and mixing up a batch of polymer slime this summer, as well as extracting strawberry DNA , and doing the liquid crystals activity from the NanoDays kit in the...
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What makes you think that?
June 19, 2009
Vrylena Olney
The NISE Net has a forum called "Risks, Benefits, and Who Decides?" but maybe the question should be "How do they decide?" Dietram Scheufele, a Professor of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin is one of the authors...
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NanoVenture game about nanotechnology and society
June 18, 2009
Vrylena Olney
It's not a NISE Net product, but our partners at the University of Wisconsin - Madison MRSEC just finished their NanoVenture game! The game explores connections between science (specifically nanotechnology) and society. Greta Zenner , the Director of the Interdisciplinary...
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