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Let it snow: nano structures and self-assembly
December 7, 2009
Vrylena Olney
Designer snowflake video courtesy Kenneth Libbrecht of CalTech, www.snowcrystals.com Between the snow we got on the east coast this weekend and Winter officially beginning on December 21st, it seems like a good time to break out some of our snowflake...
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Advances in Partnerships and Conjugates: the Fall MRS Meeting
December 4, 2009
Carol Lynn Alpert
Partnerships between nano and materials research centers and science museums are well and thriving, as evidenced by a round of talks delivered at the Fall 09 MRS Meeting “Materials Education Symposium,” curated by NISE Net friends Eric Marshall and Julie...
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Nano Passports and NanoDays updates
December 4, 2009
Vrylena Olney
NanoDays 2008 at the Museum of Science, Boston At last year's NanoDays, staff at the Chabot Space & Science Center created NanoDays passports for visitors. Lisa Hoover , the Galaxy Explorers Program Manager at Chabot, explained that they create passports...
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Never be without nano again.
November 24, 2009
Vrylena Olney
Our friends at the Woodrow Wilson Center's Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) recently unveiled an iPhone application version of their Consumer Products Inventory . Launched in 2006, the inventory catalogs manufacturer-identified nanotechnology-based consumer products, letting you browse by category, country...
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Nano Haiku: Outreach
November 12, 2009
Vrylena Olney
Another haiku by Mike Falvo of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: We Struggle to show The size of a molecule. Kids wait patiently. Thanks, Mike!
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Nano Bite: November 2009
Welcome to the November Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network. What's new in the network? → The Materials Research Society Meeting in Boston is just around the corner (November 30 - December 4). We're
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Working with Researchers
November 6, 2009
Vrylena Olney
Photo from the NISE Net Annual Meeting by Emily Maletz Graphic Design At the NISE Net Annual Meeting last September, we asked participants about their favorite nano educational experiences. Many talked about how exciting it is when researchers connect with...
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Partnering Tips
November 5, 2009
Vrylena Olney
Jayatri Das of the Franklin Institute with a demo about using nano-iron to clean up groundwater, created in partnership with the Penn State Center for Nanoscale Science. Photo by Emily Maletz Graphic Design. Some tips from informal science education people...
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Nano Haiku: Dancing Molecules
November 5, 2009
Vrylena Olney
Just beyond our reach, vibrating perpetually, the molecules dance. by Mike Falvo of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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Nano Haiku: Fingernail
November 5, 2009
Vrylena Olney
After you read this Your finger nail will have grown a nanometer by Troy Dassler , first grade teacher at the Aldo Leopold School in Madison, WI, and a MRSEC RET Fellow .
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