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07/05/2023

Strong heat-activated artificial muscle to move artificial hands and robotic worms?! Tune in to learn more how scientists from Korea and France used graphene and liquid crystal elastomer to develop this human-muscle inspired technology!

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06/21/2023

Biotechnology startup research vs. quality control, how are the two different? Which one is more suitable for you? How do you get started in both? Tune in to learn more from Darren!

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06/09/2023

*New series*

Lit-Update Meet the Expert! where we get to dig deep into papers with the scientist themselves!

Our first special guest is Brittany Smith, a PhD Candidate from Duke University, engineer, and marine life expert who is working towards developing technology to benefit marine life and the environment. She will be discussing her latest paper "All-Carbon Thin-Film Transistors Using Water-Only Printing" published in Nano Letters!

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05/24/2023

Plastics plastics plastics...when they break down into nanoplastics in the ocean, can they transport cancerous polycyclic hydrocarbons to our body?

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05/10/2023

We are talking about the weird and wonderful water today and it's amazing new property involving water vapours at ice cold temperatures!!

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04/27/2023

Mimicking nanopore transport using nanopore quartz tube to understand protein-protein interactions!

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04/13/2023

Nanobubbles Q-beta virus like particles and gold, oh my!! It's like three nanotech things all in one! Fascinating research geared towards nano cancer therapeutics.

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04/08/2023

03/02/2023

We previous learned about how nanotech can help advance AI. Now, let's learn about how AI helps scientists to discover new morphologies of directed self-assembled copolymers!

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02/16/2023

Latest ep is out now! https://anchor.fm/imnano/episodes/Ep-53---Lit-update---Lets-talk-nanotech--ai-and-chatgpt-e1v01i8
In this lit update we don't really talk about the paper in detail but we had a lot of fun discussing on how relevant or not is to the and language model space.

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02/01/2023

First episode of 2023! Let's start with reflecting on the funny mistakes we made in our early years and what we would like to improve on!

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01/30/2023

It's not too late for a new years resolution!

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12/31/2022

Last day of 2022, last episode of 2022! We have come a long way since we first started and accomplished quite a bit this year. Tune in to the recap of 2022, what we wished we could have covered, and what we have coming up in 2023!

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12/27/2022

So delighted to hear that we're one of the top 4 best nanotechnology podcasts in 2022!

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12/21/2022

Interested in pursuing an academic career in North America? And simultaneously sharing all the fun of science online? Tune in to this nanolife interview with Prof. Ben Meekins, the mastermind behind OpenSciencePresentations!

11/17/2022

Atoms, they're everywhere! They're the building blocks of everything but you can't see them with your naked eye, now you can!



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11/02/2022

New episode out TODAY!

Have you heard of CRISPR, the ground breaking gene editing technology? The one that got Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020? This technology was repurposed by researchers from Fudan University to detect cell free DNA!

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10/31/2022

Missing some nano? Catch up on the latest episode about transistors at imnano.org!

Have you heard of CRISPR, the ground breaking gene editing technology? The one that got Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020? This technology was repurposed by researchers from Fudan University to detect cell free DNA! Tune in this Wednesday to learn more!

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09/21/2022

Did you know that the physiological processes during the different menstruation phases can affect the efficiency of breast and ovarian cancer treatment?

Tune in to learn how scientist in Israel learned about this!

09/07/2022

We are back with Season 2! Exciting new content coming up!
To start it off, let's talk about how we keep ourselves safe in the lab while being surrounded with (some dangerous) chemicals and equipment!

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07/13/2022

We conclude the end of Season 1 with a special interview episode with soon-to-be Dr. Simone Pengue, who is pursuing his PhD in biophysics and an avid science communicator.

This passion led him to be the Grand Prize winner of the Prix Media Newcomer 2021 for the FORGOTTEN DATA: the Leftovers of Science documentary.

He will share his experiences as a science journalist while being a PhD candidate at the University of Basel as well as decoding scientific phenomenon in literary arts.

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07/12/2022

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07/11/2022

NanoLife Interview with Simone Pengue coming this Wednesday!

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In his spare time, Simone enjoys finding parallels between literary arts work and scientific phenomenon. It's a real life scientific mystery adventure! (https://tinyurl.com/5n7nua5w)

07/09/2022

The last episode of Season 1 is coming this Wednesday! We have a special 1-hour long interview with the amazing scientist and scientific journalist, Simone Pengue who will share his experiences as a science journalist while being a PhD candidate at the University of Basel as well as decoding scientific phenomena in literary arts.

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The classification, organization, and utilization of data is a pretty dry topic but Simone successfully made an engaging documentary about it! What made him explore the leftover data topic in the first place? Tune in to the first teaser here (https://tinyurl.com/3k4z9tmh)!

07/02/2022

We are approaching the end of season 1 of our lit-updates and NanoLife interviews!

The last episode will be a special 1 hour long interview with Simone Pengue, the amazing and talented PhD Candidate in Biophysics and science communicator. He is the Grand Prize winner of the Prix Media Newcomer 2021 for the FORGOTTEN DATA: the Leftovers of Science documentary. Stay tuned, it's coming soon!

In the mean time, catch up with out previous episodes at imnano.org/podcast!

05/11/2022

We're back! It has been a busy and exciting past few weeks as our co-host, Irfani, completed her PhD!

We are back to our regular schedule. Let's start with learning how thin oil deposits on indoor surfaces caused by cooking can potentially lead to water uptake that can catalyze bacterial growth or chemical reactions!

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03/30/2022

Lithium-air-breathing batteries! No, these batteries do not have lungs but their principle of operation is based on the metal-air interface, unlike the current lithium-ion batteries that uses organic liquid electrolytes. This could be the future of lithium batteries, learn more about it in this week's episode!

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03/16/2022

We constantly hear that personalized medicine is the medicine of the future but when will this become a reality? Researchers in this field are constantly making progress and one of the most recent developments is from researchers in Israel and China who made wearable microneedle sensors for continuous sodium monitoring! Tune in to this week's episode to

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03/02/2022

Our first interview of 2022 has us in conversation with soon-to-be Dr Amanda Xu, who is simultaneously pursuing her PhD along side having a fulltime position as a Coating Specialist at Evercloak. Amanda takes us on her journey and discusses the skills needed to be a research specialist in industry, as well as all the experience that can be gained from undergoing graduate work. She is also an avid baker, so check out her Instagram on how she unwinds.

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02/17/2022

Another day, another inspiration.

Lubrication used in ice skating prompted scientists at Nanjing University Medical School to develop improved treatment for osteoarthritis! Tune in to our latest episode to find out how!

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02/04/2022

Nature consistently inspire technological advances. Can you believe that the camel's nose inspired scientist to develop highly sensitive humidity sensor? Tune in to our latest episode to learn more!

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01/19/2022

Protein nanopores in cells are important for biological processes for transporting molecules in and out of membranes. And now, scientists from the UK, Netherlands, and Germany successfully synthesized nanopores made of double-stranded DNA!

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01/05/2022

Thank you for all the love last year! This is my 2021 (https://tinyurl.com/35b5pyua)!

01/05/2022

Start off the new year with a new episode on diamonds (or nanosized soccer balls) made from buckyballs!

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12/08/2021

In this age of technology, we are generating a lot of data and there is a significant need to find a new way to store information more efficiently. Since the 1988, scientists tried to use nature's own information storage material, DNA, to store all of our digital information. In the upcoming episode, tune in how scientists from Microsoft and University of Washington are utilizing nanoscale electrode wells to improve the rate of real-time information translation to DNA!

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11/24/2021

Did you know that nano-sized stars can be synthesized in the laboratory? Tune in to today's episode to learn how scientist in Spain made them! And check out the paper to look at the beautiful nanostars!

Research paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202108301

11/10/2021

As many of us know, meat consumption negatively impact the environment but eating meat is so engrained in our lifestyle that it's hard to switch to plant-based diet. Even with the rise of plant-based meat, it's still not the same thing. So how can we still consume meat without harming the environment? How about lab grown meat?! Many scientists around the world are currently working on this, and in this episode, let's learn how researchers at Osaka University tackle this challenging task!

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10/14/2021

Scientists have recently developed nanoarchitected graphene-based material that is stronger than Kevlar! Learn all about it in 8 minutes on this week's episode at imnano.org/podcast

09/29/2021

Start your day with a science wonder! Learn how scientists can use the genetic materials DNA and RNA to make sensors in 7 minutes!

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