Why nanotechnology breakthroughs often stagnate before reaching the market
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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 11-May-2026 16:16 ET (11-May-2026 20:16 GMT/UTC)
New research suggests that the most formidable barrier to commercialising nanotechnology is not the science itself, but rather the way organisations manage the innovation process.
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Book co-editors, Dr. Julia Smith of Simon Fraser University and Dr. Clare Wenham from the London School of Economics, gathered together a unique multidisciplinary and transnational team of authors and experts who examined nine case studies of the COVID-19 response and its global and local impacts on women from Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Hong Kong, Kenya, Nigeria and the United Kingdom.
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