Nanotechnology Center Dedicated in California
By Ronald Roach
LOS ANGELES
Officials broke ground last month on what is touted as the world’s most advanced facility for atomic-level research. The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at the University of California, Los Angeles will explore the power and potential of manipulating atoms to engineer new materials and devices.
“Nanotech may be one of the world’s smallest sciences, but it has the greatest potential,” California Gov. Gray Davis declared at the ceremony.
The state will provide $100 million for the facility, with another $138 million coming from private industry, foundations and federal grants, officials noted. The center is scheduled for completion in 2004.
