In hopes of finding What's Nano?, Ebony and Jasmine catch the Amazing Nano Brothers Juggling Show at Museum of Science in Boston. The show jump starts a nanoquest, with the girls searching Boston high and low to determine: how big is one billion and how small is one billionth? Their quest takes them to Harvard University labs, where the two finally "see" a nanometer!
Regina, Linda, Harrison, Jared, Lorenz, and Randi reunite to visit the "Zoom In" exhibit at the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center. Some model cilia in the exhibit kicks off a friendly nanocompetition, sending the kids scrambling for examples of nanoscience and nanotechnology in everyday life. A scientist at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill even helps them print images of nanoscale structures to display back at the science center.
In the Scientist Profile, DFTV introduces Dr. Superfine! He's a superhero scientist who studies how lung cilia function. He uses nanotechnology to engineer artificial cilia that scientists can test and observe. Understanding how lung cilia work helps improve treatments for Cystic Fibrosis and other diseases.
In other nanonews, DFTV's host, Eric, is thinking a round object that's one-billionth of the Earth's diameter. Can you guess what it is? Give us your best guess in the Whiz Quiz, just to the right on this page.
While you're talking back, tell us what you know about nano in the Hey...Wait a Nanosecond! feature. We're waiting...
