Features in 2007

Focusing on the commercialization of research results and avoiding unnecessary duplication of effort are central to South Korea's approach to nanotechnology, as Adarsh Sandhu reports.

Why do hundreds of companies and tens of thousands of people attend a nanotechnology conference in Tokyo every year? Adarsh Sandhu finds out.

With new research centres opening in Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin, close links between government-funded laboratories and industry, and a plentiful supply of researchers, China is set to become a major player in nanotechnology. Adarsh Sandhu finds out more about the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology