Comments on: Russia’s nanotechnology "Manhattan Project" gets slow start

By: yogesh singh

yogesh singh — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:12:49 +0000

Dear sir actually i am persuing my M.Tech In nanotechnology from a Indian reputed institute VIT University situated in Vellore .. I want to join my M.Tech project abroad outside regrding to nanotech field. My email Id is yrgsingh1991@gmail.com .Pleas inform me if there any project is available in the carbon nano tube & Nanoelectronics .

By: John Hunt

John Hunt — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:44:44 +0000

Is Russia so interested in nanotechnology due to it’s military potential? Manhattan? Interesting choice of analogy!

By: Roger Godby

Roger Godby — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:37:57 +0000

A senior acquaintance of mine in the sciences had had non-Party Russian (Soviet) acquaintances from the Cold War days. With the collapse of the Soviet Union (and much of the economy thereafter until Putin and/or the oil boom), he considered trying to get the former Soviet scientists consulting work: They were smart accomplished men reduced to growing potatoes in their institutes’ gardens. However, the idea came to naught because (1) the Russians had little or no access to precision digital equipment and therefore couldn’t produce the required results for certain types of work and (2) the Russians themselves told him there was almost no way to pay them: the postal services were unreliable, international bank wires were unreliable, and personal couriers were both costly and either unreliable or targeted for muggings. That was about 10 years ago, so I hope things have since improved.

By: ZEITGEIST

ZEITGEIST — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:12:06 +0000

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By: nick gogerty

nick gogerty — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:19:59 +0000

long nano-tech, short Russia.