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Sustainable Nano
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Acct of the NSF Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology: nanotech, sustainability, & life in science. (Opinions our own, etc.) No longer active. https://susnano.wisc.edu
Excited to share a new survey being conducted by CSN graduate student @abbypigeon.bsky.social looking at how participating in science communication and outreach during graduate school affects post-graduate outlooks: umn.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
July 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
As the National Science Foundation is facing existential threats on its 75th birthday (founded May 10, 1950), we want to help highlight some of the positive ways NSF has impacted us! Check out thank you notes from members of the Centers for Chemical Innovation at nsfcci.org/nsf75
May 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
CSN Director Bob Hamers is among the winners of the UW–Madison annual Cool Science Image Contest! Gorgeous tree-like patterns from growing lithium cobalt oxide crystals
news.wisc.edu/2024-winners...
@uw-lsc.bsky.social
October 4, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Thinking about summer undergrad research? We have an informational webinar about the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology program coming up this Thursday at 11 Central! Register at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Here's last year's awesome cohort at our in-person orientation meeting:
January 9, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Awesome CSN cover image for the new issue of Trends in Chemistry! Designing nanoparticles for sustainable agricultural applications -
www.cell.com/trends/chemi... Artwork credit: Ella Marushchenko Ella Maru Studio #chemsky
November 9, 2023 at 7:26 PM
More nano art for #NanoDay!
Here's another beautiful image from the Minnesota Nano Center, cse.umn.edu/mnc
"Ocean Floor on a Strand of Fiber" by PhD candidate Jeff Goetze, showing the fracture surface of a ~10 µm diameter pure polystyrene fiber (10 micrometers = 10,000 nanometers!)
October 9, 2023 at 6:09 PM
What better way to celebrate Nano Day than with nano-scale art? Check out the Minnesota Nano Center's slide show at cse.umn.edu/mnc
Here's "Lung Surfactant Swirls at the Bottom" by grad student Zach McAllister (20 microns = 20,000 nanometers!)
October 9, 2023 at 4:13 PM