Prof. Endo: Nanotech is a ‘matter of life and death’ for developing nations

Prof. Endo, of Shinshu University in Japan, recently said “nanotechnology is certain to play a crucial role in creating technological innovations in the 21st century.” Ho goes on to say that success in nanotechnology is a ‘matter of life and death’ for developing nations, because developing nations are rapidly catching up in the mature technologies that led the 20th century, such as antibiotics and semiconductors. According to him, nanotech is now developing into a huge multidisciplinary field that covers a wide academic spectrum, from chemistry, physics and biology to economics, sociology and religious studies. "People with all sorts of scholarly backgrounds are joining the world of nanotechnology to explore various possibilities for a better future," Endo says. "It is becoming the area where academic disciplines are being fused--an extremely exciting place to be." See the full report here, or click here for an interview with Dr. Endo by MIT.

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Nanotechnology is extremely diverse, ranging from novel extensions of conventional device physics, to completely new approaches based upon molecular self-assembly, to developing new materials with dimensions on the nanoscale, even to speculation on whether we can directly control matter on the atomic scale.