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  Nano-nutrients can blunt effects of soil contamination An international team of scientists has shown that nutrients on the nanometer scale can not only blunt some of the worst effects of heavy metal ...

• Applications of Nanotechnology | National Nanotechnology Initiative

  Applications of Nanotechnology After more than 20 years of basic nanoscience research and more than fifteen years of focused R&D under the NNI, applications of nanotechnology are delivering in both e...

• About Nanotechnology | National Nanotechnology Initiative

  About Nanotechnology Nanotechnology is the understanding and control of matter at the nanoscale, at dimensions between approximately 1 and 100 nanometers, where unique phenomena enable novel applicat...

• Seeing at the Nanoscale | National Nanotechnology Initiative

  Seeing at the Nanoscale How do scientists see what’s going on in the extremely small world of nanotechnology? The microscopes that are typically used in high school and college won’t do the job. Nano...

• What Is So Special about “Nano”? | National Nanotechnology Initiative

  What Is So Special about “Nano”? Nanotechnology is not simply working at ever-smaller dimensions; rather, working at the nanoscale enables scientists to understand and utilize the unique physical, ch...

• Standards for Nanotechnology | National Nanotechnology Initiative

  What is a Standard? Do you know your weight in pounds? How about in kilograms? Or in stones?? The need for standards may not be obvious until you realize that we use them every day. When it comes to s...