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Institute of Nanotechnology in Stirling, U.Khttp://www.nanotech-now.com/columns/?article=179Images : http://www.campusaccess.com/ andhttp://www.sweden.se/templates/cs/FactSheet____16958.aspxhttp://www.impactlab.com/2008/05/08/nanotech-venture-capital-is-out-of-sync-with-returns/Higher EducationIn the past, students often would major inbiology or chemistry. But much ofnanoscience is on the cusp between thesciences, say between biology andchemistry, or geology and physics, suchas nanomaterials, nanophotonics,nanoelectronics and nanobiotechnology.Since nanotechnology isinterdisciplinary, we need todevelop curricula that breaks thebarriers between the disciplines.Only in that way can we growour future nanotechnologists.