The world goes nano. 51 countries in Nanotechnologies in 2004. The race is on.

Total Research and Development spending are up to 12 billion US$ worldwide. High increase in defence and security projects. Public awareness under 15 percent. Markets up 180 billion US$.

hkc22.com is monitoring the world markets for nanotechnologies since more than 3 years and reporting every 6 month. The latest results show a strong increase in investments with more than 25 percent to 12 billion US $ for Research and Development in 51 countries for private and government. 4000 Research and Development projects count for the amount but 40 percent are parallel in many research institutes and companies. That means in many countries scientist research on the same kind of projects.