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UK Establishes Fragmented Nanopolicy

hlovy writes "The BBC has a piece on British Science Minister Lord Sainsbury's long-sought reaction to a yearlong Royal Society study on the environmental and societal implications of nanotechnology. I've written ad nauseam on the Royal Society report here, here and even for the Wall Street Journal here."

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  1. Follow the lead of Wall St. by bigtallmofo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Rather than actually doing anything with Nanotechnology, the UK should instead follow the lead of many Wall St companies and just put the prefix "Nano" in their name. Nano-Kingdom sounds pretty good to me.

    Once you do this, you can expect all kinds of amazing profits!

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    I'm a big tall mofo.
    1. Re:Follow the lead of Wall St. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      the old joke:

      nanotechnology will lead to the destruction of mankind in 15 years - but until then it's a great investment...

  2. Appropriate by ergo98 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So you could almost say that their nanopolicy is in lots of tiny parts, scattered about, each individually working towards a common goal?

    Sounds appropriate.