University opens new nanofabrication clean room: Experiments will be free of contamination. From: The Dominion Post (Morgantown, WV) | Date: March 25, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 The Dominion Post. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Grant Smith

Mar. 25--INFO: www.wvu.edu/~wvnano/

Imagine a world where a scan of your iris could tell doctors if you have cancer, or a world where car windshields clean themselves.

At WVU, that world may not be too far in the future.

Officials showcased the university's new nanotechnology clean room Friday at the Engineering Sciences Building. This room, they said, is the beginning of more advanced research at WVU. "What this facility is really about is making things," said Dr. Larry Hornak, professor of computer science and engineering, and interim ...

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