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Nano Haikus: Nano Walkers
August 4, 2010
Vrylena Olney
I have a well - documented soft spot for nano-themed poetry, so I was excited to find this haiku on Haiku News , a blog that posts news headlines translated into haikus. This one is based on the Daily Mail...
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20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act
July 22, 2010
Vrylena Olney
The legislation prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability was signed into law on July 26th twenty years ago. The NISE Net has worked to create products that meet the needs of a diverse group of visitors, including people with...
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NanoDays 2010 Participants
NanoDays map of participants 2008-2010...
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Nano Haiku: Surface Area
July 13, 2010
Vrylena Olney
Surface to Volume new science with a nano Golden Ratio Haiku by Luke Donev of the Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, TX More information and activities related to surface area: Clark Miller's Real World Nano blog post, "Why...
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Call for Network-Wide Meeting Session Ideas
July 13, 2010
Vrylena Olney
We're in the early planning stages for our Network-Wide Meeting, scheduled for October 26 - 28 in San Francisco, and we want to hear from you. We're planning a series of sessions focused on the ways that our partners are...
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Nano Bite: July 2010
Welcome to the July Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). Hello, Summer! → Ice Cream! It's not new, but it is timely: Brad's Recipe for Super-Smooth Ice Cream . Brad Herring of
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2010 Kavli Price in Nanoscience
June 10, 2010
Vrylena Olney
The Kavli Prize recently announced their 2010 winners, and Don Eigler of IBM's Almaden Research Centre and Nadrian Seeman of New York University won in the nanoscience category. Eigler was the first person to move an individual atom in a...
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Nano Bite: June 2010
Welcome to the June Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). What's new? Nano Exhibits! Or perhaps more accurately, macro exhibits on nano topics. Here's where to find them: NISE Net Exhibits: →
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Nano Buzz exhibit
An exhibit that was part of the Nanotechnology: What's the Big Deal? exhibition that is a web-based kiosk featuring exhibit-ready access to current nanoscale science, technology and engineering and emerging research in the news.
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Nano Bite: May 2010
Welcome to the May Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). Children's Books Next week is National Children's Book Week, which is a nice excuse to remind everyone about some children's books on
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MRS Fall Meeting: Call for Papers
May 4, 2010
Vrylena Olney
Our partners from the Materials Research Society passed the following message on to me-- they're looking for papers and presenters for an Educational Symposium at the Fall 2010 MRS Meeting. -VO This year the MRS 2010 Fall Meeting in Boston...
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Nano Haiku: Update Your Profile!
May 4, 2010
Vrylena Olney
I love to see your Shining face. Please update your Contact info, thanks! by Karen Pollard , Science Museum of Minnesota Maybe when you first logged in you wrote a paragraph about your fascinating work, and included three ways to...
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Real World Nano: Nanotechnology for Human Enhancement: What Does the Public Think?
April 27, 2010
Clark Miller, Arizona State University
In 2002, two scientific leaders at the US National Science Foundation, Mihail Roco and William Bainbridge, edited a report entitled Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance . The report highlights nanotechnology for its ability to drive a convergence of technologies...
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Real World Nano: Why Does Nano Matter? Bio-Non-Bio Interfaces
April 22, 2010
Clark Miller, Arizona State University
What would it mean if biological and non-biological systems were not just fully connectable but fully interchangeable? That’s one of the questions that nanotechnology poses for us. More than any other field of scientific inquiry, nanotechnology operates at the basic...
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Nano Bite: April 2010
Welcome to the April Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). April 22nd is Earth Day! There are tons of potential nano tie-ins, including videos, podcasts, presentations, and demos related to energy, solar
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Earth Day 2010
March 26, 2010
Vrylena Olney
Earth Day is April 22nd , and there are lots of potential Earth Day - nano ties. Here's a sample of resources, activities, and articles that might be relevant: → Energy (general) NISE Net Stage Presentation: Energy and Nanotechnology (be...
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What could YOU do for NanoDays?
NanoDays activities often bring...
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Spring Professional Development Opportunities
March 16, 2010
Vrylena Olney
We'll be at both the Materials Research Society's Meeting in San Francisco and the Association of Children's Museums Interactivity 2010 Annual Meeting in St. Paul, MN this spring. MRS - April 5 - 9 There are three different NISE Net-related...
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Education and Outreach Events at the MRS Meeting
March 10, 2010
Vrylena Olney
It's all- MRS -all-the-time around here lately (see here , here , and here )! Which is fine, because our partners at MRS are lovely. Also lovely: science education and outreach events at the MRS Spring Meeting ! There are...
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MAKING STUFF Frequently Asked Questions
March 10, 2010
Vrylena Olney
Last week I posted information about the small grants MRS and WGBH are offering to organize outreach events around the premiere of Making Stuff . Apparently, a lot of folks have had similar questions about the outreach events, so the...
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Posters, Presentations, and Broader Impacts
March 8, 2010
Vrylena Olney
The NISE Net is sponsoring a bunch of professional development opportunities at the upcoming Materials Research Society Spring Meeting in San Francisco, April 5 - 9. Admission is included in meeting registration for all of these workshops, no additional registration...
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Nano Bite: March 2010
Welcome to the March Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). Happy NanoDays! → Training NanoDays volunteers Karine Thate and Alex Fiorentino, Education Associates at the Museum of Science , graciously shared with
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Grant Opportunity for Materials Science Outreach Program
March 2, 2010
Vrylena Olney
Richard Souza , who is leading the Materials Research Society' s involvement in the NISE Network, forwarded me this announcement about a small grant opportunity open to our partners. There's more information below, but please note that the application due...
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NanoDays Training for Museum Education Newbies
March 2, 2010
Vrylena Olney
If you're a researcher, there's a big difference between talking about nano with fellow classmates, colleagues, or professors, and talking about nano with hundreds of Museum of Science visitors on a Saturday afternoon. NanoDays at our institution generally means lots...
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NanoDays 2010 Participants
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