The prefix “nano-” means “dwarf” in the original Greek. As a term used in science and technology, “nano” refers to studies and implementations dealing with matter (atoms and molecules) on an extremely tiny scale.
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“Nano” is becoming an increasingly trendy term in science fiction and popular culture, but this is not without reason. The truth is that the likely future of all technology will look like something out of present-day science fiction because of the remarkable abilities of nanoscale objects.
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Far before the term nanotechnology was ever coined, atomic and molecular properties of nanoparticles were already at work in human craftsmanship.
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Efforts to coordinate the advancements in the nanotech community began with federal agencies coalescing in the late '90s to form the Interagency Working Group on Nanotechnology.
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