News in a NanoSecond

• UK science gets 10-year plan (The Scientist)
  Britain's finance minister Gordon Brown met with high-level scientists on Tuesday morning (March 2) to give some substance to his promise to increase funding for basic science and engineering. More
• Commercializing Nanotechnology (Motley Fool)
  In part two of this Motley Fool special report, Carl Wherrett and John Yelovich, two longtime contributors to our nanotechnology discussion forum, survey the companies that are beginning to commercialize the science of nanotechology. More
• The Small Print: Book publishers are following the nano buzz (Small Times)
  The day after HP's "n is for nanotechnology" commercial ran during the U.S. Open tennis tournament in September 2003, Fred Filler's phone started ringing. The marketing manager with book publisher Wiley & Sons had long been telling colleagues that nanotechnology was a subject they'd be hearing more about. Today, Wiley is one of several publishers with a growing focus on small tech titles. More
• Indian Americans Shining in Nanotechnology (IndoLink)
• Industry Heavyweights Line Up to Advise California NanoSystems Institute (UCLA Press Release)
• Catalytic nano-activity points to a new application for platinum (Platinum Today)
• A Scientific Seal (New York Times)
• Corante's Zack Lynch is blogging NBIC 2004. Check it out here!

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