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Posted on Jan 30, 2004, 6 a.m.
By Bill Freeman
Nanotechnology A field whose products are too tiny to see seems to be headed for a big year. Nanotechnology will be an area to watch in 2004, thanks to an infusion of federal funding coupled to ongoing basic research and private sector applications in the latter stages of development. Nanotechnology is a multidisciplinary field that deals with the manipulation and manufacture of objects 100,000th smaller than a human hair in width.
Nanotechnology A field whose products are too tiny to see seems to be headed for a big year. Nanotechnology will be an area to watch in 2004, thanks to an infusion of federal funding coupled to ongoing basic research and private sector applications in the latter stages of development. Nanotechnology is a multidisciplinary field that deals with the manipulation and manufacture of objects 100,000th smaller than a human hair in width. Materials made on that scale — basically small clusters of atoms or molecules — behave differently than larger-sized ones.
Source: http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20040123-083748-1158r.htm
[Editor: The preceding article was not written by A4M/WHN]
