Tweet This past weekend we had the wonderful opportunity to host a booth at the 2016 USA Science and Engineering Festival. This was our second time participating in this huge biannual event — with over 1,000 … 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. Do you think nanotechnology is so complicated that only scientists can use it? If so, you … 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 About the author: Dr. Weinan Leng is a research scientist in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech. Check out his profile in the VTSuN page. Just like human fingerprints – a … 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
Authors: Harish Veeramani & Michael F Hochella Jr. Tweet Green chemistry, also called sustainable chemistry aims at designing products and processes that minimize the use and generation of hazardous substances. Being environmentally benign, the principles … 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
Tweet VTSuN was represented at the latest Gordon Research Conference on Environmental Nanotechnology, last week in Stowe, Vermont. The conference theme was “Novel Approaches to Meet Global Challenges”. It was an excellent … Continue reading
Tweet Nanocellulose is a promising, renewable nanomaterial. ScienceDaily has called the “wonder material” of the future. How cool is nanocellulose? Well, even Gizmodo and The Verge have talked about it. (Here is a very nice review by by Klemm … Continue reading
Tweet “We are not students of some subject matter, but students of problems. And problems may cut right across the borders of any subject matter or discipline.” -Karl Popper, Conjectures and Refutations: The … Continue reading