Software adds science experiments to online education
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 08:00
in Physics & Chemistry
For the past three years, two of Lambertus Hesselink's graduate students have been planning, building and calibrating a nano-conveyor belt. The one-of-a-kind experiment is about the size of a billiard table, and consists of lasers, mirrors, microscopes and computers that form a set of optical tweezers that can manipulate individual nanoparticles.