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Public, Private Sectors Are Busy Chasing R&D's Frontiers

Publication Date: 19-JUL-04
Author: Debra K. Rubin
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One key area of federal R&D investment now is in nanotechnology–the emerging field of molecular and atomic level research, from one to 100 nanometers. A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter. The National Nanotechnology Initiative, launched by former President Clinton in 2000 and signed into law last year by President Bush, will fund $3.7 billion in new research through fiscal 2008. ...

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