Ep 17. Putting Science to Work for Society: A Visit to the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

Sustainable Nano

English - September 22, 2017 14:00 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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Chemistry at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ranges from testing how nanoparticles help plants grow to determining what kind of poison was placed in someone's coffee. In this episode, we interview Dr. Jason White, Vice Director of Analytical Chemistry at the CAES and our newest collaborator in the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology.

(Dr. Jason White planting eggplants at the Connecticut Agricultural Research Station. (image by Jan Ellen Spiegel, used with permission from Undark Magazine))

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