Nanomaterials break out of laboratory into marketplace

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A new building to house the Center for Nanoscale Materials is under construction at Argonne
Miniature medical machines that can bring sight to the blind and computers that work at the speed of light are no longer the stuff of futuristic novels. Argonne National Laboratory researchers are creating nanomaterials and nanotechnology to make these and other innovations possible, and collaborating with industry to bring new technologies to the marketplace.


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