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As part of their educational outreach, the Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) hosts an “Ask a Scientist” column in the local paper, the Ithaca Journal. The columns are archived on the CCMR website.

I’ve now answered two relatively technical science questions posed by high school students while I’ve been at Cornell. The idea is to [...]

As a scientist, I always find it interesting to see how new research is covered in the media. I know how hard it is to write exciting stories about nanotechnology — and I also know how important it is to get good science out in the public imagination. But maybe it’s worth dissecting a story [...]