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  • Cooperation can help transform small ideas into a complete workable system, says Hyunjae Lee.

    • Hyunjae Lee
    In the Classroom

  • As artists and manufacturers explore the use of spray-on carbon nanotube coatings, Andrew D. Maynard explores the state of the science around nanotube safety.

    • Andrew D. Maynard
    Thesis

    • Alberto Moscatelli
    Research Highlights

  • Nanotechnology and superheroes can inspire high school students to explore science, as Lisa E. Friedersdorf and Quinn A. Spadola explain.

    • Lisa E. Friedersdorf
    • Quinn A. Spadola
    In the Classroom

  • The National Nanotechnology Initiative and the challenges of modern society.

    Editorial

  • Discussions about nanotechnology and development focus on applications that directly address the needs of the world's poor. Nanotechnology can certainly make an impact in the fight against global poverty, but we need to broaden our imagination.

    • Koen Beumer
    Commentary

  • Nature Nanotechnology talked to Michael A. Meador, director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office in the US, about the way in which the US National Nanotechnology Initiative operates and how this has changed since its launch in 2001.

    Q&A

  • There is no unique definition of nanotechnology because its breadth and complexity mean that people with different backgrounds and interests have their own view of the subject, explains Chris Toumey.

    • Chris Toumey
    Thesis

  • March and April of this year mark the anniversary of a number of key discoveries in the history of nanotechnology.

    Editorial