This webinar is hosted by the National Nanotechnology Initiative’s Signature Initiative, Water Sustainability through Nanotechnology, and this event is the second in a series exploring the intersections of water and nanotechnology.

This webinar is hosted by the National Nanotechnology Initiative’s Signature Initiative, Water Sustainability through Nanotechnology.

National Nanotechnology Day is an annual event featuring community-led events and activities on or around October 9 to help raise awareness of nanotechnology, its use in products that enrich our daily lives, and the challenges and opportunities for the future. This date, 10/9, pays homage to the nanometer scale, 10 –9 meters.

Learn about Remotely Accessible Instruments for Nanotechnology (RAIN), a fascinating way of engaging your middle and secondary students in the world of nanotechnology. Live from your classroom, you can directly connect to and operate nanotechnology equipment such as Scanning Electron and Atomic Force microscopes. There is no charge and you can even have your own students send in samples and operate the machines.

This webinar addresses challenges in commercializing nanotechnology, focusing on the insurance industry and the challenges of underwriting nanotechnology and other emerging technologies. It took place on September 22, 2016.