Collaboration Promises World Class Technology
UC has entered the rapidly expanding field of nanotechnology with the creation of its Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology (INSITE). The revolutionary new science offers promise of ground-breaking advances in physics, chemistry, materials science, electronics, and medicine. INSITE was developed through collaboration among McMicken College, the Colleges of Engineering and Medicine, and the Vice President for Research and Advanced Studies.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
describes nanotechnology as the next big thing in academic research. It is the science involving matter that is smaller than 100 nanometers, about one-thousandth of the diameter of a human hair. At such a small scale, the properties of matter change so that it can be designed to conduct electricity and emit light more effectively and to be stronger and stiffer. This means it may revolutionize both research and commerce as academics discover ways to improve the lives of human beings and investors offer substantial sums to sponsor research.
Only one of the university's many outstanding scientific pursuits, INSITE provides additional proof that it is at the forefront of scientific inquiry.
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