Tweet We are pleased to see that two papers authored by VTSuN members have made it into the 2015 Most Downloaded Articles for the new journal Environmental Science: Nano (also known as ES:Nano). The first article was … Continue reading
Tweet We are proud to announce that VTSuN has partnered with The Virginia Tech Nanoscale Characterization and Fabrication Facility (NCFL) at ICTAS to form a brand new federally-funded research center: Virginia Tech National Center … Continue reading
Tweet Writing about women in interdisciplinary research (IDR) at Virginia Tech and specifically VTSuN is a joy. As a young program, the origin history is intact and many of the individuals are still here at … Continue reading
Tweet About the author: Rui Filipe Serra Maia is a PhD student in Geosciences at Virginia Tech. Check out his profile on the VTSuN student page. Today I am going to tell you about Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), a fascinating imaging technique. … Continue reading
Tweet At VTSuN, we perform research on a very special category of nanomaterials: viruses. Viruses are biological particles that can be as small as some nanomaterials and they, like the usual type of nanomaterials, exhibit some interesting … Continue reading
Tweet About the author: Rui Filipe Serra Maia is a PhD student in Geosciences at Virginia Tech. Check out his profile on the VTSuN student page. Have you ever imagined winning a Nobel Prize by using the most powerful particle accelerator? Probably … Continue reading
About the author: Sarah Ulrich is a Ph.D. student in Geosciences at Virginia Tech. Find her on Twitter @sarainscience Tweet Remember going to the science museum as a kid? There were dinosaur fossils, giant magnets, lasers, and … Continue reading
Tweet Have you ever gone to the store to buy a new hair drier and noticed all their new fancy descriptions? Now you don’t just buy a hairdryer, you buy a “Nano Titanium Hair Drier“, … Continue reading
Tweet This is the second installment on a 2-part series on sustainable nanotechnology. In part 1, I described my notion of nanotechnology. Research and development in nanotechnology is bringing us many possibilities for improving … Continue reading
Tweet Hello, my name is Nina. I have a PhD in environmental engineering, which makes me a certified know-it-all in all issues environmental. Right? At least that’s what some of my friends and family … Continue reading