In Episode 3 of EarthSky’s Chronicles of a Science Experiment, chemist Aaron Strickland runs into some trouble in the lab.

His research is in nanotechnology. It’s cutting-edge science, and things don’t always happen as they should. Aaron is nine months in now, and he’s got a few ideas on how to get through the bottlenecks on the path of his discovery.

Our thanks to Aaron Strickland, National Science Foundation Discovery Corps Fellow and Cornell University chemist. Carl Batt of Cornell created the concept for this program.

Made possible by the National Science Foundation.