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Nanotechnology

It's been a year, hasn't it? Not always as good as we'd hoped, but never as dark as we feared. My take? We've learned. And with that knowledge, we're moving on. That's why this month I'm making some prognostications about 2012 by revisiting our hottest topics in 2011.

The #1, #2 and #3 Nano-Topics to Watch in 2012 are the same as for 2011: globalization, commercialization and partnership -- as I reported from Zurich, Cyprus and Boston gatherings. It's clear that we can't talk about one without the others -- the SWOT analysis brings them all to the table. Is it a threat to America's technology leadership? An opportunity for our innovators? A call for more government funding? A plea for less interference? All that and more.

To read the full, original article click on this link: IndustryWeek : Nanotechnology: Six to Watch in '12