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Minister Announces £7M West Midlands Technology Boost

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LONDON, England, Sept. 7, 2006 -- British government Industry and Regions Minister Margaret Hodge today announced a multimillion pound project in the West Midlands to unleash the commercial potential of cutting-edge micro and nanotechnology. The project, Materials Solutions, has been set up with a £5 million grant from the Department of Trade and Industry and a further £2 million from the Advantage West Midlands regional development agency. It will start in January on the University of Birmingham campus and will be a national center of nanotechnology expertise providing prototypes and research which will help businesses...Read full article

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    Published: September 2006
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    nanotechnology
    The use of atoms, molecules and molecular-scale structures to enhance existing technology and develop new materials and devices. The goal of this technology is to manipulate atomic and molecular particles to create devices that are thousands of times smaller and faster than those of the current microtechnologies.
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