According to a Norse mythology (as related by Snorri Sturluson in the Edda-saga), the gods had to rely on the dwarfs--the "nanos," in Greek--and their expertise in technology to smith tools and defend the court against the intrusion of the Giants. There's nothing dwarfish about today's nanotechnology industries, yet even some of today's industrial giants are turning to nano[technologist]s to stre...
BACK TO THE FEATURE INDEX "Follow the money"... and "check every lead." Deep Throat's recommendation to Watergate affair investigators Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein seems just as relevant today to young scientists wanting to work in the biotech industry. "In Europe, the [biotech] industry is recovering and is now better positioned to move forward," says Ernst & Young's latest study: Beyond Bord...
The European steel industry has managed to rejuvenate itself through technological innovation, and the only thing it is now short of are specialised young scientists.
