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Cornell NanoScale Lab Marks 30th Anniversary June 14

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Cornell University's NanoScale Science and Technology Facility (CNF) in Ithaca, N.Y., will mark its 30th anniversary June 14 with "The Future of Nanotechnology," an event doubling as the facility's annual meeting and featuring speakers, technical presentations and a poster session. Invited speakers include: Stanley Williams, senior fellow of Hewlett-Packard Labs and founding director of its Quantum Science research group, speaking on future nanotech trends; James Heath, professor of chemistry at the California Institute of Technology, addressing the emerging field of nanomedicine; and Sheila...Read full article

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    Published: June 2007
    Glossary
    nano
    An SI prefix meaning one billionth (10-9). Nano can also be used to indicate the study of atoms, molecules and other structures and particles on the nanometer scale. Nano-optics (also referred to as nanophotonics), for example, is the study of how light and light-matter interactions behave on the nanometer scale. See nanophotonics.
    nanotechnology
    The use of atoms, molecules and molecular-scale structures to enhance existing technology and develop new materials and devices. The goal of this technology is to manipulate atomic and molecular particles to create devices that are thousands of times smaller and faster than those of the current microtechnologies.
    photonics
    The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
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