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Nano is bigger than you think: Perspectives on the NNI from INC5
May 21, 2009
Larry Bell
While nano may be about things on a very tiny scale – around 10-9 meters, there is nothing small about the government’s investment in nanoscale research -- it’s now around 10+9 dollars. There were many presentations about the National Nanotechnology...
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NanoDays 2009: What went well & what you'd do differently next time.
May 20, 2009
Beck Tench
NanoDays at Da Vinci Science Center ( See more pictures on Facebook ) LeHigh University and the Da Vinci Science Center sent us an addendum to their NanoDays 2009 Report , which didn't surprise me considering how creatively they've summarized...
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Why fund the NISE Net?
May 20, 2009
Carol Lynn Alpert
A short time ago, I heard from a veteran program officer in one of the NSF science research directorates that she was skeptical about the strategy of apportioning funds from these directorates to fund the NISE Net. Why not give...
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Washington DC Nano News - Nano'$ Federal Fund$
May 15, 2009
Margaret Glass
authored by Margaret Glass, ASTC Budgets have been rolling out all over DC in the past two weeks, and yesterday we finally got a glimpse of what might be in store for nanotechnology funding – more specifically, funding for education...
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NanoDays Visualized: Kit Activities vs. Non-Kit Activities
May 15, 2009
Beck Tench
Tabletop Activities and Cart Demos for NanoDays 2009: ( Click for full-sized version ) Institutions reporting as of May 15, 2009: 100 Today I've broken down your responses to the following two questions on the NanoDays 2009 Report . We...
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Happy (Belated) Birthday, Richard Feynman!
May 13, 2009
Vrylena Olney
His birthday was Monday, and now it's Wednesday, but better late than never. If you're looking for something to celebrate, Nobel Prize-winner Richard Feynman’s birthday was May 11th. In 1959, Feynman gave a lecture titled There's Plenty of Room at...
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Keeping up with the Nanos
May 13, 2009
Vrylena Olney
I've been paying more attention lately to bloggers and tweeters (twitterers?) writing and posting about nano topics. Here are a few that I've been enjoying: 2020 Science , by Andrew Maynard, both a blog AND a twitter feed . The...
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NISE Net is the new grey goo!
May 10, 2009
Larry Bell
"The Network is going to grow. I don’t think you can stop it or control it even if you wanted to." So said, Cal Tech nano researcher Mamadou Diallo, a member of the NISE Net’s NSF review panel at a...
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Nano Bite: May 2009
Welcome to the May Nano Bite, the monthly e-newsletter for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net). What's new in the network? → Thanks to everyone who participated in NanoDays for making it such a success! NISE Net Online
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Nano Haiku: NISE Net Permeates
May 7, 2009
Vrylena Olney
The NISE Net team at the Museum of Science, Boston is preparing to submit our proposal to the National Science Foundation for another five years of funding, so blog posting will be light for the next few days. Here's a...
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NanoDays in Pictures
May 5, 2009
Beck Tench
There are currently 124 pictures from 19 institutions participating in our Flickr NanoDays 2009 pool (opens in a new window). If you have photos from your event, please add yours. If you need help figuring out how to get a...
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Calling all scientists, engineers, artists, designers, and creative thinkers
April 29, 2009
Vrylena Olney
The Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland is organizing an exhibit and festival "exploring nanotechnology and its implications for our future," and they're looking for ideas and proposals. They say they want proposals from "scientists, engineers, artists, designers...
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Next Year We'll Have to Get a Tour Bus
April 28, 2009
Vrylena Olney
Frank Kusiak of the Lawrence Hall of Science took a NanoDays road trip to southern California and sent me a bunch of information about his travels! Read on for details and photos. San Diego Science Festival " Darrell Porcello and...
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Introducing NanoDays: Visualized
April 23, 2009
Beck Tench
Institutions reporting as of April 23, 2009: 50 Beck Tench , here, your friendly NISE Net Online Community Manager. I'll be blogging NanoDays report results as they come in over the next couple of months and visualizing that data so...
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Nano Haiku: Good Vibrations
April 23, 2009
Vrylena Olney
Nano radio Playing in unseen smallness Can anyone hear? by Karen Pollard of the For more information about the nanotube radio, check out the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab's Nanotube Radio page. While you're there, watch/listen to a recording of the...
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How I Learned to Stop Fearing the Nanobot
April 21, 2009
Vrylena Olney
Kim Duncan recently posted a nice adaptation of the Shrinking Robots! program for children's museum audiences. The original program explores robots, how small robots are today, and the challenges in creating nano-sized robots ("nanobots"). The activity as posted is about...
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I Made a Birthday Cake but It Was Too Small to See
April 17, 2009
Vrylena Olney
Get your party hats on, because April 25th is the birthday of nanotechnology pioneer Eric Drexler! Among other things, Drexler coined the term "grey goo" in his 1986 book Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology to describe what...
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NISE Network Nano Logo and Promotional Photos
Promotional materials for the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Network) project featuring logos and images; archive of materials from 2008.
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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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