State Officials and global technology leaders joined Dr. Alain E. Kaloyeros for the ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the official opening of a $150 million expansion at CNSE's Albany NanoTech Complex. View photos from the event.
CNSE Events
March 31, 2009
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Artist Victoria Vesna and nanoscientist James Gimzewski have created an interactive exhibit that teaches about the practice and uses of nanoscience.
Mia Ertas, CNSE staff
March 26, 2009
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As books age, the acidic chemicals that are in most modern papers, cause the paper to yellow and eventually crumble. Libraries have been able to de-acidify paper to preserve the pages, but this causes a texture change. With the help of nanotechnology, scientists may have discovered a new way to preserve the look and feel of book pages.
Kristin Wolf, CNSE staff
March 24, 2009
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Shift work is an employment practice that makes use of each hour of the clock. Every minute of every day. Therefore it is an appropriate term to encapsulate our immediate need to redefine, to shift, the way we think about our planet and the way we use our resources. This thought shift is a cognitive and behavioral revolution that we need to wage every minute of every day until we collectively stop making unsustainable choices.
John Elter, CNSE Empire Innovation Professor of Nanoengineering
March 20, 2009
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Do you know nanotechnology? Take this quiz to find out.
Mia Ertas, CNSE staff
March 19, 2009
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A Capstone Course in Nanotechnology for Chemistry Majors
Cindy Samet, Journal of Nano Education
Nanotechnology provides a relevant and exciting theme on which to base a capstone, laboratory experience for advanced, undergraduate chemistry majors. This paper describes a course in which the theme of nanotechnology pulls together many of the important topics and skills covered in core chemistry courses. Moreover, a capstone course with a nanotechnology focus could provide a similar experience for science majors in fields other than chemistry, and examples of nonchemistry topics are discussed.
Diana Dumesnil, CNSE staff
March 18, 2009
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CNSE will host three prestigious global nanotechnology conferences this year that will bring hundreds of leading faculty, scientists and researchers from around the world to CNSE's Albany NanoTech Complex.
Kristin Wolf, CNSE staff
March 17, 2009
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Researchers have developed a new ink that can be used in electronic and optoelectronic applications to create flexible, stretchable and spanning microelectrodes that carry signals from one circuit element to another.
Mia Ertas, CNSE staff
March 13, 2009
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Why Nano Education?
Nancy Healy, Journal of Nano Education
As the Education and Outreach Coordinator for the U.S. National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN), I am often asked why there is a need for "nano-education." Questions arise asking if nanoscale science and engineering is truly a separate field of study; are we creating another layer in our educational system, or can nanotechnology be infused into our current science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) educational system? These questions become particularly important when put in the context of the U.S. K-12 educational system, which already has content standards that must be addressed at each grade level.
Diana Dumesnil, CNSE staff
March 11, 2009
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A research group in China has created buckybooks which can retain the intrinsic properties of individual nanotubes such as high mechanical flexibility, selective adsorption, and excellent electrical conductivity.
Kristin Wolf, CNSE staff
March 10, 2009
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A new two-way electric car can both give and receive energy to an electricity grid. The car developed by a Delaware renewable-energy professor can hit 95 miles an hour and go 120 miles before charging. It may even be able to power a few nearby homes for a while if the wires go down in a storm.
Mia Ertas, CNSE staff
March 3, 2009
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