Russian government launches nanotechnology internet portal
(Nanowerk News) The recently launched Russian Federal Internet Portal Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials made a public presentation on June 4 at the media center of well-known Russian daily newspaper Isvestiya.
The representatives from various Federal agencies and institutions were present. The Federal Agency for Science and Innovations officials mentioned that the project is unique for the country, has extremely high potential, and is intended to act as a place to inform the society about the goals, actions, and results of Federal programs for nanoindustry execution. They also mentioned that the Internet portal as a Federal resource was created in a record fast time (less than a year from the beginning of discussion of that project up to the formal launch), uses open architecture, highly protected, and relatively cheap (15 million Rubles).
The main functional menu of the Portal contains following major items:
News
Official documents and materials
Contests and competitions
Federal Nanoindustry Infrastructure Program execution
Nanoindustry Infrastructure
R&D Supply and demand
International Nanopanorama Normative and legal documents
Nano Databases
Mass media about Nano Contacts
It also contains powerful nanotechnology major fields menu with the authorities and players’ selection and systematization by the industries, sub-industries, and geographical areas.
As the officials say the necessity of creation of the multifunctional internet-portal dedicated to Russian nanotechnology development, was obvious for a long time. There are many internet sites in Russia that cover various aspects of nanoindustry, but they do not allow to form the whole picture of scientific research and results obtained in Russian institutions and teams. These sites do not cover properly the Federal politics in the field of nanoindustry. The new Internet – portal will be able to consolidate and systematize information about Russian nanoindustry development, advanced research, and major results. The Portal will also assyst in the educational and scientific programs and projects and help with R&D results commercialization.
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