At the big nanoTX '06 conference in Dallas last month, one of the biggest exhibitors was .... the state of New York. Several states see the business benefits of attracting nanotechnology comapnies, including Texas, New York, and California.

Let's see who is winning.

My dubioiusly scientific results - a Google search of Nanotechnology with a State name attached:

Texas - 5M hits
California - 6.3M hits
New York - 6.85M hits

Wow, maybe those aggressive marketing techniques by New York are working. Except...

if I exclude the word times (as in New York Times, which seems to have written quite a few articles regarding nanotechnology on a nationwide scale), the number for New York falls to $4.9M.

But be warned, California - New York is out and about exhibiting at trade shows across the nation. Further proof - NEW YORK LOVES Nanotech is a registered trademark and service mark of the New York State Department of Economic Development. Seems like they mean business - nano business.

Gillian Parrillo
The Sacramento Executive