Rosalind Davies: University of Birmingham Three Minute Thesis Final (2013)

Rosalind Davies: University of Birmingham Three Minute Thesis Final (2013) - YouTube...

Reduction of Acute Inflammatory Effects of Fumed Silica Nanoparticles

Reduction of Acute Inflammatory Effects of Fumed Silica Nanoparticles - Author Andre Nel discusses uses of fumed silca in two different circumstances: in coffee creamer (considered safe by the FDA,) a...

Graphene Interfaced with Biological Cells: Opportunities and Challenges

Graphene Interfaced with Biological Cells: Opportunities and Challenges. Phong Nguyen and Vikas Berry from Kansas State University discuss their Perspective published in issue 8 of the Journal of Phys...

Will Weight Loss Fix Our Sick Livers? - Kelli Lytle - Three Minute Thesis

Three Minute Thesis - Kelli Lytle Nutrition - Oregon State University - Will Weight Loss Fix Our Sick Livers? ...

Plasmon Resonances of Semiconductor Nanocrystals: Physical Principles and New Opportunities

Plasmon Resonances of Semiconductor Nanocrystals: Physical Principles and New Opportunities discussed by Prashant K. Jain, of University of Illinois Urbana−Champaign, Urbana,...

Expression-Enhanced Fluorescent Proteins Based on Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein

Expression-Enhanced Fluorescent Proteins Based on Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein - "Smart fluorophores", such as reversibly switchable fluorescent proteins (RSFPs), are crucial for advan...

Why Too Much Stress Is Bad For You

Why Too Much Stress Is Bad For You. It’s supposed to help keep your body healthy in stressful situations. But the constant stress of our everyday lives means we’re getting overexposed to cortisol. Ray...

Quantum Dot Solar Cells. The Next Big Thing in Photovoltaics

Quantum Dot Solar Cells. The Next Big Thing in Photovoltaics by Prashant V. Kamat, of the Radiation Laboratory and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame...

3 minute thesis 2013: Briana Davie

Briana Davie. Presentation Title: Identifying the binding site of a novel drug molecule with therapeutic potential for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease'. Research Theme: Drug Discovery Biology/Med...

Diagnosing the Protective Quality of Coatings on Outdoor Sculptural Metalwork - Kathryn Hosbein

Kathryn Hosbein - Chemistry - Diagnosing the Protective Quality of Coatings on Outdoor Sculptural Metalwork...

In Vivo Self-Powered Wireless Cardiac Monitoring Via Implantable Triboelectric Nanogenerator

In Vivo Self-Powered Wireless Cardiac Monitoring Via Implantable Triboelectric Nanogenerator - Harvesting biomechanical energy in vivo is an important route in obtaining sustainable electric energy fo...

Following Single Molecules to a Better Understanding of Self-assembled ...

Following Single Molecules to a Better Understanding of Self-assembled. Daniel Higgins of the Department of Chemistry at Kansas State University discusses his Perspective published in issue 18 of the ...

Photoactivatable Synthetic Dyes for Fluorescence Imaging at the Nanoscale

Photoactivatable Synthetic Dyes for Fluorescence Imaging at the Nanoscale. Françisco M. Raymo from the University of Miami discusses his Perspective published in issue 17 of the Journal of Physical Ch...

U21 3MT Competition 2013 - First Place - Jamie Gallagher - University of Glasgow

The judges awarded Jamie Gallagher of the University of Glasgow First Prize for his presentation entitled "Hot and Powerful" on the subject of nanostructured thermoelectronic materials. Jami...

Clemson University 3-Minute Thesis Winner (tie), 2014, Namrata Sengupta (Env. Toxicology)

Namrata Sengupta, a PhD student in environmental toxicology at Clemson University, describes her research as part of the 3-Minute Thesis competition at Clemson. The title of her presentation is "...

2012 Three Minute Thesis Winner - Sumaiya Ahmed

Sumaiya Ahmed (School of Marketing, Australian School of Business) gives her winning presentation in the 2012 UNSW Three Minute Thesis competition - "The waiting game in the movie industry: Timin...

Beyond the Periodic Table of Elements: The Role of Superatoms

Beyond the Periodic Table of Elements: The Role of Superatoms. Puru Jena is a Distinguished Professor of Physics at Virginia Commonwealth University and a Jefferson Science Fellow alumnus at the U.S. ...

Clemson University 3-Minute Thesis Winner (tie), 2014, Ashlee Tietje (Biological Science)

Ashlee Tietje, a PhD student in biological sciences at Clemson University, describes her research as part of the 3-Minute Thesis competition at Clemson. The title of her presentation is "MULT1E/m...

Graphene-Based Chemical Sensors

Graphene-Based Chemical Sensors. Fazel Yavari and Nikhil Koratkar from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute...

Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Nanoprobe Ratiometry for Detection of Microscopic Ovarian Cancer

Folate-Targeted Surface-Enhanced Resonance Raman Scattering Nanoprobe Ratiometry for Detection of Microscopic Ovarian Cancer Imaging with Raman scattering nanoparticles can provide surgical guidance...