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Union government has announced to set up a nanotechnology research institute in Bangalore. The ministry of Science and Technology has also given its nod for a new institute. A similar research institute will be operational in Chandigarh from next month.

The Chairman of the Karnataka Vision Group on Nanotechnology CNR Rao said, “We have already got the land for the new institute, for which the Union Science and Technology Department has given its approval.

He said that though there are a number of colleges that offer degree courses in nanotechnology and biotechnology, but they are "not equipped" to teach.

It may be mentioned here that Nanotechnology is used to make materials and gadgets at the smallest possible scale (a nanometer is one millionth of a millimetre). Products offered by nanotechnology are single molecule transistors, enzyme-powered biomolecular motors and tiny submarine that carry chemicals from blood to brain to fight tumours.