The Western Illinois University Department of Physics will host episode nine of its Virtual Science Saturday, "Nanomaterials: What, How, and Why," from 10 to 11 a.m. March. 5.

This session will include a discussion about an exciting class of materials that bring radically new concepts to the field of materials science, and change the world of technology.

This event will be led by WIU Physics Chair Kishor T. Kapale and Physics Professor P. K. Babu.

Virtual Science Saturday is open to anyone and can be joined at http://bit.ly/WIUScienceSaturday.

Past sessions of Virtual Science Saturday can be found at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAEtwXoxnutJQmMLGpCBosw.