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International Workshop on Nanotechnology, Commodities, and Development
Rio de Janeiro, 29 – 31 May 2007

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Nanotechnology: Small wonders -- Nature (9/1/2010)This article takes an in-depth look at the United States National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI)'s first 10 years - to find out where the money went and what the initiative plans to do next.  [More]

Pakistan's Science Minister Attacks Funding Cuts -- SciDev.Net (9/1/2010)The Pakistan government has cuts its funds for the Pakistan Ministry of Science and Technology's 2010-2011 budget by almost half, causing the science minister, Muhammad Azam Khan Swati, to criticize his own government.  [More]

Nanotechnology Quintuples Heating Capacity of Solar Water Heaters -- Renewable Energy Magazine (9/1/2010)Researchers at the University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil, have developed a solar heating system that uses nanotechnology to heat water to five times the temperature of a conventional system, while also permitting the collector surface area to retain up to 98 percent of heat from solar radiation.  [More]

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