Mammoth Nanotechnology
In US Government spending on nanotechnology is increasing, with nearly $1 billion dollars earmarked for the National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, and other government agencies.
What's more, major corporations like IBM, HP, and DOW are investing $100s of millions of dollars of their own money.

A topic worth regular revisit is how to find information about other countries

Dean C.K. Cox, a Knight International Press Fellow suggests a site he works with subsites called the Knowledge Network. This is a solid collection of stories, facts, analyses, surveys, maps and links for 28 'transitional' countries of Central Europe, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia. There is great reference material for journalists who specialize in these regions.

Shirl Kennedy, a librarian at the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University suggests the United Nations Cyberschoolbus InfoNation: Choose up to five countries from dropdown menus and click "go." Five areas of comparison: Overview; Economy; Environment; Health; Technology.