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Girls and Nano
April 14, 2009
Vrylena Olney
I just got an email from Jayatri Das from The Franklin Institute about one of their NanoDays events targeted specifically to girls. The event, Girls Exploring Tomorrow's Technology (GETT) , is designed to engage girls (grades 6 - 12) in...
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Great Walls and Thin Films
April 10, 2009
Vrylena Olney
The National Science Foundation (NSF) just posted an interesting and very readable article by a graduate student who traveled to China to make nanostructured thin films for solar cells. Meghan Schulz, a gradute student at the University of Delaware, was...
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See-Through Toasters and More in Five Minutes or Less
April 8, 2009
Vrylena Olney
Here's one easy way to learn about some new nano applications. Industry analyst Marlene Bourne hosts a 5-minute podcast series called the Bourne Report on "next generation science, cool technologies, and real products" that often features nanotechnology. You can find...
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More Nano Jobs: History of Nanotechnology
April 8, 2009
Vrylena Olney
In addition to the post-doc positions open at the University of Wisconsin - Madison MRSEC , the Center for Nanotechnology in Society (CNS) at the University of California, Santa Barbara is looking for a postdoctoral scholar to conduct research on...
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Nano Bite: April 2009
Welcome to the April Nano Bite, the monthly NISE Net e-newsletter. What's new in the network? → NanoDays 2009 officially starts this weekend! We're sending the newsletter out a little early this month to help you get prepared for all
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Pictures from NanoDays 2009: Port Discovery Children's Museum
April 3, 2009
Vrylena Olney
Congratulations to the Port Discovery Children's Museum in Baltimore, MD, who hosted their first NanoDays today! They partnered with a number of local researchers to pull off their event, including the Howard University Nanoscale Science and Engineering Facility , the...
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Nano Haiku: Quantum Dots
April 3, 2009
Vrylena Olney
A quantum dots haiku, by Kim Duncan : quantum dots glowing all colors of the rainbow Could they be toxic?
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Zooms Now Zooming Properly
April 1, 2009
Vrylena Olney
We had some glitches recently with the digital zoom files, but no more! The working digital zoom files are here along with instructions for downloading. The zooms, Zoom into a Human Hand , and Zoom into a Nasturtium Leaf...
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Washington DC Nano News - It's Lobbying (um... I Mean Advocacy) Season
March 31, 2009
Margaret Glass
authored by Margaret Glass, ASTC In DC, there is a special season inserted in the early part of the year. It falls just after the start of a new Congress and runs right up to the Cherry Blossom Festival. No...
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Puppets Win in Video Contest
March 31, 2009
Vrylena Olney
The American Chemical Society just announced the winners of their "What is Nano?" video contest. The singing puppets were hard to beat this year: The Nano Song swept both the Critic's Choice and People's Choice categories. Congratulations to the researchers...
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