WHAT: A panel of nanoscience pioneers from Cornell and Stanford universities will discuss cutting-edge applications of their science and the future of nanotechnology during a special interactive online media briefing.

WHEN: Friday, July 20, 2012, from 10 to 11 a.m.

WHERE: In person, the media briefing will take place in Room 226, Weill Hall, at Cornells Ithaca campus. Online participants are invited to join the conversation via computer, tablet or smartphone through WebEx.

MEDIA: Media members are invited to take part, in person or online. To do so, please RSVP to John Carberry in Cornells Press Relations Office at 607-255-5353 or johncarberry@cornell.edu.

ITHACA, N.Y. Working at the atomic level where the intuitive rules of physics bend and compounds take on new and marvelous properties nanoscience researchers have spent more than three decades revolutionizing everything from photonics, electronics and polymers to the fabrics we wear for work and fashion.

But whats next?

On Friday, July 20, from 10 to 11 a.m., a special panel of nantechnology researchers will gather at Cornell University and explore the future of nanoscience during an interactive conversation with members of the media both on site in Ithaca and online from anywhere in the world via WebEx technology.

Joining journalists for the discussion will be:

Juan Hinestroza, an associate professor fiber science, directs the Textiles Nanotechnology Laboratory at Cornells College of Human Ecology. His research on understanding fundamental phenomena at the nanoscale that are relevant to fiber and polymer science, has led to breakthrough multifunctional fibers that can hold or change color, conduct and sense micro-electrical currents, and selectively filter toxic gasses.

Roger Howe, faculty director of the Stanford Nanofabrication Facility and director of the 14-institution, National Science Foundation-supported National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network. Howe, a professor of electrical engineering at Stanford who has held faculty positions at Carnegie-Mellon, MIT and UC-Berkeley, has for more than two decades been among the world leaders in micro- and nano-electromechanical systems design.

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Cornell, Stanford Nanoscience Pioneers Join Journalists for Look Into the Future