U.S. Nanotech Research Spending Drips As Market Growth Pours – PEN
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The U.S. is spending about half as much as Europe on nanotechnology risk research even as three to four consumer products with nano-engineered materials reach the market every week, according to the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies
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