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Journal Article

We have all sat in classes in which a teacher made a difficult or abstract concept understandable by using an analogy. Science classes are full of abs...

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Classroom Applications of Top-Down & Bottom-Up Processing

Recent research in cognitive neuroscience has yielded a more comprehensive understanding of brain function. The advances in neuropsychological researc...

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Editor’s Corner: Small Science

We know that nanotechnology offers real possibilities. It already appears in commercial products such as computers, sunscreens, high-performance sport...

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Seeing the Unseen

The National Center for Learning and Teaching Nanotechnology (NCLT) based at Northwestern University is developing “nanoconcept” materials to brin...

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Fats, Oils, and Colors of Nanoscale Materials

Phase changes and intermolecular forces are important physical science concepts but are not always easy to present in an active learning format. This ...

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The Structures and Properties of Carbon

The four main forms of carbon—diamond, graphite, buckyballs, and CNTs—are an excellent vehicle for teaching fundamental principles of chemical bon...

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Commentary: Putting Nanotechnology Under the Microscope

Nanotechnology is all over the news: Particles that become translucent or change color according to size! Particles smaller than viruses in the shape ...

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Self-Assembly: How Nature Builds

Self-assembly or spontaneous assembly is a process in which materials build themselves without assistance (Goodsell 2000). Presented here is a simple ...