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North Carolina nanotechnology: the big future of working small

North Carolina’s nanotechnology presence doesn’t immediately come to mind when thinking of the country’s biggest nanotech hubs, a skeptic of the industry recently told me. In a way, he’s right, at least right now. Nanotechnology has found a comfortable home in manufacturing and industrial applications that were developed primarily at tech hubs in other parts […]

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Battelle, universities win $72.5M to end childhood obesity

The National Institutes of Health is launching two major research efforts -- worth $72.5 million -- to find ways to end the childhood obesity epidemic in the United States. Battelle's Health and Life Sciences Global Business has won a $23 million contract to study community programs for their roles in increasing or decreasing the risk of childhood obesity. Five universities will use $49.5 million to test long-term interventions through several levels of influence.