{"id":3530,"date":"2019-05-08T14:44:04","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T18:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cire2n.upr.edu\/?p=3530"},"modified":"2019-05-13T10:55:49","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T14:55:49","slug":"learning-about-the-sciences-close-to-you-nanodays-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cire2n.upr.edu\/?p=3530","title":{"rendered":"Learning about the sciences close to you: NanoDays 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NanoDays, an educational festival about nanoscale science, was held in the Malec\u00f3n of Cata\u00f1o City on May 3.<\/p>\n<p>Students, professors and volunteers of CIRE2N were ready for all the curious minds that were to come. Graduate and undergraduate students gave interactive demonstrations relevant to their research and were eager to answer all the public&#8217;s questions.<\/p>\n<p>Each station had a different experiment that represented the things they do back in the laboratory. There was an experiment with lemons and batteries, another with highlighters and even one with dry ice.<\/p>\n<p>This video shows a representation Marielys Torres D\u00edaz made on how CIRE2N is planning to work with magnetic materials for environmental remediation.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1270px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-3530-1\" width=\"1270\" height=\"720\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cire2n.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/59888918_155705515464101_9106557732989404514_n.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cire2n.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/59888918_155705515464101_9106557732989404514_n.mp4\">http:\/\/www.cire2n.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/59888918_155705515464101_9106557732989404514_n.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>CIRE2N celebrates this festival each year with the purpose of creating more interest in the emerging STEM field of Environmental Nanotechnology as well as to educate the community on the subject and how we are contributing with our research to Cata\u00f1o and El Corredor del Yaguazo.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3539 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cire2n.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Template-News-Photos-600wx400h.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cire2n.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Template-News-Photos-600wx400h-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cire2n.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Template-News-Photos-600wx400h-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cire2n.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Template-News-Photos-600wx400h-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cire2n.upr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Template-News-Photos-600wx400h.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>#NSFfunded #NSFCrest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NanoDays, an educational festival about nanoscale science, was held today in the Malec\u00f3n of Cata\u00f1o City. 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