Florissant diatoms in the news

The Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds, Inc. | May 14, 2009

University of Colorado at Boulder doctoral candidate Mary Ellen Benson’s research is in the news at Boulder’s Nanomaterials Characterization Facility. Diatoms may someday play a role in microelectronics and other nanotechnological devices by growing nano-scale structures. The trick is getting the diatoms, a type of microscopic algae, to build the right structures. Read more about [...]