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Media Advisory 10-024

Nano: Past, Present and Future

Media briefing highlights new report: Nanotechnology Long-term Impacts and Research Directions: 2000-2020

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Nanowire lasers

Nanowire lasers are in development in the laboratory of 2007 National Science Foundation Waterman awardee Peidong Yang of the University of California, Berkeley.

Credit: Nicolle Rager Fuller, National Science Foundation


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NSF senior advisor for nanotechnology Mihail Roco discusses some of the great achievements of nano.

Credit: NSF