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  2. History of nanotechnology - Wikipedia

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    The National Nanotechnology Initiative is a United States federal nanotechnology research and development program. “The NNI serves as the central point of communication, cooperation, and collaboration for all Federal agencies engaged in nanotechnology research, bringing together the expertise needed to advance this broad and complex field."

  3. Malik Maaza - Wikipedia

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    After working across universities in Europe and Asia, Maaza joined University of the Witwatersrand in 1997 as a senior lecturer and later led the Advanced Nano-Materials and Nano-Scale Physics Lab. He co-found the African Laser Centre and South African Nanotechnology Initiative launched in 2001. He also spearheaded the Nanosciences African Network.

  4. List of South African inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list and timeline of innovations as well as inventions and discoveries that involved South African people or South Africa including predecessor states in the history of the formation of South Africa. This list covers innovation and invention in the mechanical, electronic, and industrial fields, as well as medicine, military ...

  5. List of African educators, scientists and scholars - Wikipedia

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    Philiswa Nomngongo, professor of Analytical Chemistry and the South African Research Chair (SARChI) in nanotechnology for water. Himla Soodyall (born 1963), South African human geneticist, known for genetic research into the peoples of sub-Saharan Africa. Andries Van Aarde (born 1951), professor of theology at University of Pretoria.

  6. Nanotechnology - Wikipedia

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    Nanotechnology is the science and engineering of functional systems at the molecular scale. In its original sense, nanotechnology refers to the projected ability to construct items from the bottom up making complete, high-performance products. One nanometer (nm) is one billionth, or 10 −9, of a meter.

  7. History of science and technology in Africa - Wikipedia

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    The Great Rift Valley of Africa provides critical evidence for the evolution of early hominins.The earliest tools in the world can be found there as well: An unidentified hominin, possibly Australopithecus afarensis or Kenyanthropus platyops, created stone tools dating to 3.3 million years ago at Lomekwi in the Turkana Basin, eastern Africa.

  8. List of nanotechnology organizations - Wikipedia

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    Naqaa Nanotechnology Network NNN, an affiliate of Naqaa foundation for Scientific Research, Technology and Development; NanoTech Egypt [3] Egypt Nanotechnology Center; Center for Nanotechnology (CNT) at Nile University [4] NBE Institute for Nanoscience and Informatics (INI) at Zewail City of Science and Technology

  9. Nanoengineering - Wikipedia

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    DTU Nanotech - the Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology - is a department at the Technical University of Denmark established in 1990. In 2013, Wayne State University began offering a Nanoengineering Undergraduate Certificate Program, which is funded by a Nanoengineering Undergraduate Education (NUE) grant from the National Science Foundation .