Funds crunch hits Pakistan’s surge in nanotech research

Pakistan’s spike in nanotech research publications has been hit by funds crunch. Flickr/nic221 [KARACHI] Nanotechnology research in Pakistan, which had shown a trend of higher publication numbers over the last decade, has suffered from the countrys present financial crisis, a study said. In 2008 the government did not extend the term of the National Commission for Nanoscience and Technology, initially set up in 2003 for three years and later extended for two more years Continue reading