China Plans to Surpass the U.S. in Nanotech Development

SoyChemist writes "Sociologists at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting have reported that China is making major investments in nanotechnology. Their aim is to 'leapfrog' past the United States in technological development by focusing on long-ranging scientific goals. So far, the Chinese government has poured about $400 million into the young field of research. Considering the low cost of equipment and labor over there, that is a very large sum of money, and China's investment is expected to 'rise considerably.'"

Comments

Re:Pollution

[B3ryllium]

Okay, great. So instead of Grey Goo, we're going to end up with a Red Goo situation?

Re:In contradiction to the Summary

[mrxak]

Surely you don't expect the submitter to RTFA either, do you?

Re:Unfortunately,

[TubeSteak]

Nano Tech will require bright minds and very highend industrial technology. Currently, the US leads China in both fields. First: I don't think I know a single person in the fields of math or science who hasn't had a professor from China. If they're good enough to teach you, in your country, they've probably got a few left over for their own industry at home.

Second: How much high end equipment does the USA import from China?
And you're trying to suggest they don't have industrial technology?

Re:I plan ...

[martin-boundary]

Uh, this is slashdot. Some of us don't think that "ass fuck" is a grammatically correct way of placing the direct object after the verb.

Re:talk about revising history.

[mrbluze]

That settles it. I'm moving my business to Islam. Is the weather good there? How are the schools and will my wife enjoy the shopping?

Re:USA has no national goals

[Anonymous Coward]

Let me guess....West Coast and Texan American English? Well, you sure made a lot of progress.

Re:USA has no national goals

[dwater]

most Americans need to know just the one foreign language - English.