Nano incident floated in the US...Nano
institute floated in the US
Sandia National
Laboratory is to spearhead the formation of the US National
Institute for nano-engineering (NINE). It has entered into a
relationship with universities and industries around the
country to set up the new institute.
The partnership has been driven by concerns
over the health of America’s science and engineering education
and innovation engine, as highlighted in the 2005 report “Rising
Above the Gathering Storm” from the National Academies.
The initial NINE members include Intel, Exxon Mobil, IBM, Lockheed Martin, Corning, Goodyear Tire and Rubber, Proctor and Gamble, the University of Wisconsin, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the University of California at Davis, the University of Florida, Yale University, Harvard University, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Illinois, Rice, Notre Dame, the University of New Mexico, and Harvey Mudd College. The partnership was recently made official through a memorandum of understanding.
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