UW gets $10 million for nanotechnology (6:35 a.m. 12/18/09)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have won a $10 million federal grant for nanotechnology work. The five-year grant from the National Institute of Standards and...
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