Abstract:
The University of Ulster today opened a new Nanotechnology Research Institute at its Jordanstown campus in Northern Ireland. The GBP8m research institute will position Northern Ireland at the forefront of nanotechnology research in the UK, and will be a catalyst for the future growth in the biotechnology, medical devices and textile industrial sectors. The formal opening ceremony was performed by Nobel Laureate Professor Ivar Giaever, who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1973.