To understand what nanotechnology is or can be about, consider the 1966 film "Fantastic Voyage" or maybe even the children's book and TV series "The Magic School Bus."

In "Fantastic Voyage," a shrunken submarine and its crew are on a mission to save a man by destroying the blood clot inside him. In a "Magic School Bus" episode, school children, also shrunken to minuscule size, are transported inside a chicken to learn how eggs are made.

At the Thursday dedication of the University of Illinois Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, where researchers are involved in nanotechnology, semiconductor and biotechnology projects, National Science Foundation director Arden Bement Jr. urged them not to forget about the public.  Read More...