Technology Seeds Reap Bumper "Crops" for Idaho

[Nanotechnology Now] For the past several decades, Idaho's chief export has not been the versatile, starch-loaded spud America has come to identify with the state. Instead, it is achieving renown with high-tech scientific goods, which accounts for nearly seven times more sales than all agriculture products combined. One such project is a collaboration between the University of Idaho and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Backed by a $732,000 grant from the Department of Energy, scientists are seeking to use magnetic nanoparticles to recycle high level nuclear waste. More>