America Competes Reauthorization Fosters Nanomanufacturing Research, Innovation, and Public-Private Partnerships

The America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science (COMPETES) Reauthorization Act of 2010 (America Competes Act -H.R. 5116) recently signed into law has extended the oversight activities of several government agencies to coordinate appropriations and expenditures made in several areas aimed to bolster U.S. competitiveness in science and technology. In assigning these oversight activities to specific agencies under the coordination of an interagency committee within the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) established by the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), strategies and roadmaps will be established in areas including science education, advanced manufacturing, innovation, and effective technology transfer. Also: Nanotechnology Education in the US; Dielectrophoretic Alignment of High Density Carbon Nanotube Arrays; and NanoBusiness Alliance Interview with Mihail Roco. Also included: Nanotechnology Education in the US, Dielectrophoretic Alignment of High Density Carbon Nanotube Arrays, and NanoBusiness Alliance Interview with Mihail Roc