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Nanotechnology: Armed resistance

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Nature assesses the aftermath of a series of nanotechnology-lab bombings in Mexico — and asks how the country became a target of eco-anarchists.

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  • 05 September 2012

    This article originally conflated the Puebla campuses of the University of the Americas and the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education. In fact, the former was home to the first nanotechnology lab in Mexico, the latter was the first institute in Latin America to offer an undergraduate programme in the field and experienced a false bomb alert last August. The text has been corrected to reflect this.

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