Press Release: Looking small, thinking big – keeping Europe at the forefront of nanotechnology

The European Commission on 13 June 2005 announced the ways in which it intended to keep Europe at the forefront of the fast-moving field of nanotechnology in a safe and responsible way. Applications of nanotechnology - activities at the level of atoms and molecules - were seen to be bringing a range of benefits including more effective ways of delivering drugs to treat diseases, faster computer processors and more efficient solar cells. An action plan proposed measures to be taken at national and European level to strengthen research in this area and develop useful products and services.

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European Commission: COM(2004)338: Towards a European strategy for nanotechnology http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52004DC0338

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