Eastside OMSI Science Pub - Nanotechnology: New Science for Society and the Environment September 22, 2008

Special one-time Eastside OMSI Science Pub!

Nanotechnology: New Science for Society and the Environment
with Jim Hutchison, Ph.D.
Monday, September 22
7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
Imbibe Restaurant & Lounge, 2229 SE Hawthorne Blvd., Portland http://www.takeitin.com/
Doors open at 5:00 p.m. Come early for food and drinks!

Cheap and clean energy. Reduced environmental pollution. Greater computing power. Solutions to world hunger and national security. Cures for devastating diseases such as cancer. All of these could result from nanotechnology, a promising new field involving the design and manipulation of matter at the molecular and atomic levels. But there are plenty of uncertainties about how nanomaterials might affect human health and the environment. Learn more about nanotechnology’s potential benefits and how scientists are dealing with the risks.

**Note: this is a repeat performance of the Science Pub on Nanotechnology held in March 2008.

Dr. Jim Hutchison http://www.uoregon.edu/~chem/hutchison.html is professor of chemistry and the director of the University of Oregon Materials Science Institute. His research interests include preparation and study of nanoscale materials. His work has been instrumental in developing the UO's nation-leading program in “green" (environmentally-benign) organic chemistry http://greenchem.uoregon.edu/.

Science Pub is open to anyone and everyone; no RSVP is necessary. Tell your friends. We hope to see you there!

Questions? E-mail [email protected] or call 503.797.4517. Visit http://www.omsi.edu/sciencepub for a description of upcoming Science Pubs.

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