Nanotech experts launch big push

1. Scientists in the UK will make another attempt to push research in nanotechnology - the science of the ultra-small - higher up the political priority list. In the past five years there has been approximately J13in of government funding into nanotechnology, and that is not enough to keep pace with such a rapidly evolving and important area. A UK Nanotechnology Task Force is being launched, with the aim of forcing a change in government strategy over research funding.

2. "Nanotechnology will be the next industrial revolution, but if the UK wants to be a major part of it, the government needs to demonstrate commitment to the science," said Ian Gibson, the Labour MP who will chair the taskforce. Steffi Friedrichs of independent research body the Nanotechnology Industry Association claims that a key issue is that the UK spends too much trying to address concerns and misconceptions about nanotechnology, and not enough on core research.

3. Reports say the UK is falling behind many developed nations in public and commercial funding, but the government had not responded positively, said Ravi Silva, director of the University of Surrey's Advanced Technology Institute. "The innovative work of UK scientists and technologists has demonstrated the case for the widespread potential benefits which nanotechnology can offer to society and industry," said Prof Silva. "What is needed now is a co-ordinated effort, supported by strategic funding from the government, to turn this potential into real benefits."

4. Nanotechnology exploits the special qualities of materials in which the dimensions of individual particles are measured in billionths of a metre. It is a highly multidisciplinary field, drawing from fields such as colloidal science, device physics, and supramolecular chemistry. Applications range from nanoparticles in sun cream and nanospheres in drug delivery systems to nanocomposites in sports goods and nanomaterials for the electronics industry.

1. Определите, является ли утверждение:

1.1 In the past five years the UK government spent about J23m on nanotechnology.

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1.2 Nanotechnology studies the control of matter on a scale smaller than 1 micrometre, as well as the fabrication of devices on the same length scale.

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1.3 The real applications of nanotechnology that have moved out of the lab and into the marketplace are suntan lotion, cosmetics, chemistry, drug delivery systems, sport goods, etc.

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1.4 Professor Ravi Silva is responsible for the innovative work of UK in the nanotechnology field.

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2. Укажите, какой части текста (1,2,3,4) соответствует следующая информация

2.1. The joint effort of scientists and technology, supported by the well-organized and sensible funding from the government are necessary for getting the real benefits from nanotechnology.

1; 2; 3; 4

2.2. The UK scientists are doing their best to give an impetus to the research in nanotechnology, trying to make it of great political importance.

1; 2; 3; 4

2.3. According to Steffi Friedrichs, what should the UK do to gain success in nanoteclmology?

1. Put nanotechnology on the political priority list;

2. Stop trying to address concerns and misconceptions about nanotechnology and 3. concentrate on core research.

4. Apply the results of nanotechnology researches into chemistry.

Push research in nanotechnology.

3. Определите основную идею текст

1) Applications of nanotechnology can range from chemistry to electronics.

2) The UK has launched Nanotechnology Task Force.

3) Nanotechnology in the UK needs strategic funding from the government.

4) In the past five years the UK didn't give the nanotechnological

researches the proper funding.

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