Wyden pushes nanotechnology research
The University has the tools
to become a nanotechnology
hub with new legislation
supporting long-term research
Andrew Black
Environment/Science/Technology
At a science conference in 1959,
the famous physicist Richard Feyn
man asked, “Why cannot we write
the entire 24 volumes of the Ency
clopaedia Bri'tannica on the head of
a pin?” He then offered SI,000 to
the first person who could write a
page from a book onto a space
smaller than the period at the end
of this sentence.
With the advent of faster comput
ers and incredibly powerful micro
scopes, Feynman’s “small scale”
challenge matured into a revolution
ary new science that could become
a trillion-dollar industry within the
next 10 years.
Nanotechnology — the develop
ment and use of technology at an in
credibly small scale — is one of the
hottest tickets in science, and Uni
versity researchers may soon take
center stage.
New legislation introduced by Sen.
Ron Wyden, D-Ore., would create a
National Nanotechnology Research
Program to support long-term
nanoscale research and development.
In an economic summit in Decem
ber, Wyden said, “Oregon has the
tools, the facilities and the talent to
emerge as a nanotechnology hub.”
Chemistry graduate student Mar
vin Warner agrees.
“The environment at the U of O
right now is one of active collabora
tion,’ Warner said. “We’re building
an arsenal of the appropriate tech
nology to basically see at the
nanoscale.”
Seeing and thinking at the
nanoscale is an incredibly challenging
teat — a nanometer is one billionth of
a meter. For example, a human hair is
1()(),()()() nanometers wide, and a ten
vard-touchdown run is more than 9
billion nanometers long.
From medicine to exotic materi
als, experts estimate nanodevices
and nanoparticles could revolution
ize the way we live. For instance, ad
vances in nanotechnology could
yield nanosensors to find and fight
environmental pollution, or could
lead to stronger and lighter building
materials for space travel.
Chemistry l’rotessor Jim Hutchi
son said researchers at the Universi
ty of Oregon and Oregon State Uni
versity are in a unique position to
make nanoseienee dreams come
true. Hutchison said a partnership
has developed to combine the Uni
versity’s expertise in nanoscience
with Oregon State's already-existing
microteclmology studies.
Hutchison said the collaboration
will be called the Multiscale Materi
als and Devices Center. Such a proj
ect, he added, could potentially cre
ate new products and spur economic
development in Oregon.
“The reason nanoseienee is so
important is because there are fun
damentally new properties found
in materials that small,” Hutchison
said. “It’s not about the smallness,
it’s the way properties change at
the nanoscale.”
Physics Professor Heiner Linke
said at small scales, the laws of
physics, chemistry and biology
merge. The strength of nanotechnol
ogy at the University rests in the
strong connection between different
departments, he added.
“We can do some amazing things
right now. As a field we have learned
how to position atoms where we
want them,” Linke said. “The chal
lenge is to develop techniques to
build more complexity with the
same accuracy.”
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at andrewblack@dailyemerald.com.
News brief
Task force plans
neighborhood forum
The West University Joint Task
Force met Thursday evening to plan
an open forum focused on bringing
the community together.
The meeting, which took place
from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Central
Presbyterian church, also covered
presentations from the Lane Coun
ty Prevention Coalition and ideas
on possible land zoning strategies.
According to the task force, the
forum — taking place Feb. 25 from
5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the church —
will allow people to share their con
cerns about the West University
neighborhood.
“We’re not just going to provide
people with community building ...
we’re also going to listen to their
ideas,” co-facilitator and Associate
Vice President for Institutional Af
fairs Jan Oliver said.
ASUO community outreach coor
dinator Jesse Harding said he hopes
the forum will also help with stu
dent apathy, because students
“don’t feel they get heard.”
Brinda Narayn-Wold of the Lane
County Health and Human Services
and the Lane County Prevention
Coalition gave a presentation on
preventing possible community
problems such as teen pregnancy,
underage drinking and drug use.
She also introduced strategies to re
duce underage drinking such as in
creasing regulations, involving local
media and creating meaningful
criminal justice responses.
Finally, co-facilitator and acting
Assistant City Manager Jim
Croteau talked about different
land zoning ideas to help make
West University a more unified
neighborhood. The land west of
the University is a high-densitv
residential area for students.
The task force also hopes to de
velop a user-friendly database
where students can research poten
tial off-campus housing. Students
would be able to see pictures and
find information on landlords and
the crime rates in the area.
The task force’s next meeting will
take place Feb. 13 and will focus on
housing code issues.
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