National Nanotechnology Investment: Manufacturing, Commercialization & Job Creation
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV today announced a Science and Space Subcommittee hearing on national nanotechnology investment. As the Commerce Committee considers a reauthorization of the National Nanotechnology Initiative, the hearing will examine the potential of nanotechnology, federal initiatives to coordinate research investments, barriers to commercialization, possible environmental and health risks, and steps Congress can take to improve the return on federal nanotechnology investments.