Cambridge is one of four institutes located outside of Japan which will host a satellite of the 'International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics' (MANA). (The University of California, Los Angeles, the Georgia Institute of Technology and CNRS, France will host the other three satellites.) Two branches will be located in Japan at Tsukuba University, Tokyo and Hokkaido University, Sapporo. 

With Bangalore’s position as emerging leader in nanotechnology and as an international business destination growing manifold over the years, Bangalore the nano hub of India is poised to host the 2nd edition of Bangalore Nano.

Kmart Pharmacy has launch of the American Fare Dollar Program, which offers pharmacy customers a choice of 10 over-the-counter (OTC) medications from Kmart's proprietary American Fare brand for only $1 with every prescription purchase.

Researchers in Germany have grown ordered, vertically aligned zinc oxide nanorods that emit laser light. The laser excitation down to a spot size smaller than 1µm and found that single nanorods standing on a substrate could lase. The nanorod arrays could be used to make UV nanolaser devices and light-source displays.