11/6/2010 8:53:00 PM

Nanowerk News: More than 1,000 people explore nanotechnology during CNSE Community Day at UAlbany NanoCollege

Nanowerk News

(Nanowerk News) More than 1,000 people, including children, adults and families from throughout upstate New York, converged today on the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering ("CNSE") of the University at Albany to participate in CNSE Community Day, a highlight of CNSE's unprecedented community and educational outreach initiative known as NANOvember.

Tours of the state-of-the-art cleanroom facilities at CNSE's $6.5 billion Albany NanoTech Complex - the most advanced research enterprise in the academic world - along with presentations, interactive demonstrations and hands-on activities highlighted CNSE Community Day. The event showcased the exciting 21st century innovations being enabled by nanotechnology, as well as the global leadership of the UAlbany NanoCollege in the science described by the National Nanotechnology Initiative as "leading to the next Industrial Revolution." Full Article