[caption id="" align="alignright" width="396"] Equipment Evaluation and Support Specialist, Steve Stewart, leads 5th grade students from New Lebanon Central School District through a gowning and cleanroom activity.[/caption]

Nanoscience is revolutionizing physics, chemistry, biology and materials science. And yet, 1 nanometer is so small that a piece of paper is about 75,000 nanometers thick! It's amazing that science so small can make such a huge impact! And SUNY is trying to bring that impact into schools at all levels.

150 elementary students visited SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s Albany site on Wednesday, March 2 to take part in an exciting “NanoDiscovery Day” program, a nanoscience-focused experience based on SUNY Poly's popular “NanoCareer Day” initiative which immerses students in the science that is powering New York State’s growing high-tech ecosystem.

In fact, according to AZO Nano, New York State's nano industry is growing so fast that it was ranked second in the country for nano research.

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