Weird description of nanotechnology on Marketwatch:

Nanotechnology — the science of reducing materials to tiny sizes with new properties — already has been used in more than 600 products in the U.S. market…

Just an odd way of phrasing it. Over the years*, I’ve written bunches** of press releases about nanotechnology and never have I described the field as the science of shrinking things.

* is there a phrase more likely to stimulate a yawn response?
** roughly, lots.