UTICA -- With Nano Utica and the Quad-C project promising to create more than 1,000 high-tech jobs in the Mohawk Valley, the region has been hearing a lot about nanotechnology and the ways it is revolutionizing research and development in medicine, computing, new materials, food, energy and other areas.

On Saturday, March 29, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., MVCC will bring such concepts to life at NanoDays, part of a nationwide festival of educational programs organized by the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net), and brought to the Mohawk Valley by MVCCs STEM Center. Admission is free.

MVCCs Information Technology Building on the Utica Campus will be transformed into a showcase of everything nano; giving visitors a unique, hands-on opportunity to explore the miniscule world of atoms, molecules and nanoscale forces. A range of exhibits will demonstrate the special and unexpected properties found at the nano scale, examine tools used by nanoscientists, and invite discussion of technology and society.

Students will explore capillary action and non-Newtonian fluids, investigate new nano products and materials, and imagine what society might be like if we all wore invisibility cloaks. Other activities will include using electricity to make a nickel coin look like a penny, a demonstration of ferrofluids and a display and video on the materials used to make the integrated circuits used in computers and cell phones.

For more information about the event, as well as videos and information about nano, visit: http://www.mvcc.edu/nanodays. To learn more about NISE Net and the science of nano, visit: http://www.whatisnano.org.

On Saturday, March 29, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., MVCC will bring such concepts to life at NanoDays, part of a nationwide festival of educational programs organized by the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net), and brought to the Mohawk Valley by MVCCs STEM Center. Admission is free.

MVCCs Information Technology Building on the Utica Campus will be transformed into a showcase of everything nano; giving visitors a unique, hands-on opportunity to explore the miniscule world of atoms, molecules and nanoscale forces. A range of exhibits will demonstrate the special and unexpected properties found at the nano scale, examine tools used by nanoscientists, and invite discussion of technology and society.

Students will explore capillary action and non-Newtonian fluids, investigate new nano products and materials, and imagine what society might be like if we all wore invisibility cloaks. Other activities will include using electricity to make a nickel coin look like a penny, a demonstration of ferrofluids and a display and video on the materials used to make the integrated circuits used in computers and cell phones.

For more information about the event, as well as videos and information about nano, visit: http://www.mvcc.edu/nanodays. To learn more about NISE Net and the science of nano, visit: http://www.whatisnano.org.

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NanoDays at Mohawk Valley Community College March 29