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Introduction

Nanotechnology inventions have come up with various effects in almost all fields. Despite its positive contribution, Nanotechnology has come up with some variance on education access between men and women. Therefore, this article discussion will be centered on collaboration of nanotechnology with institutions of higher learning. In regard to this, several countries have established Nanotechnology research centers in order to help in the study and advancement of Nanotechnology. The impact of Nanotechnology would be evaluated on several aspects; if both men and women have equal access to required and necessary scientific information though available collaborators, common characters that can be linked to both men and women in regard to information access and if both men and women get access to similar content.

Information access

Various surveys have demonstrated there is difference on information access between men and women. This is a result of women being much less involved in the studies related to technical courses such sciences and engineering which takes larger part of Nanotechnology study. To solve this problem, more emphasis should be put on incorporating Nanotechnology in several interdisciplinary courses. This will help women to get access to Nanotechnology skills which in turn place them on the same positions with men (Cozzens & Wetmore, 2011).

Institutions Nanotechnology partnerships

Since it is a new technology that has not been adopted by many institutions of higher learning, some universities are trying to borrow skills from others. To make adoption process successful, partnership would focus on funding required research, coming up with joint PHD supervised projects and other organizational activities related to health and chemical manufacturing (Crone, 2010). These partnerships have been of great importance as they bring together resources such as experienced professors and financing of the costly projects in order to make Nanotechnology innovation successful. Similarly, some manufacturing industries are partnering with universities so that they can tap required expertise as they offer training to students (Muscio & Nardone, 2012). Therefore, it is through collaborative partnerships in fields such as manufacturing, medicine, computers science and applied sciences that major innovations have already been made and some product improvement is ongoing.

Nanotechnology and Innovation progress

Nanotechnology has given rise to products that cannot be developed in absence of its development. The development of Nanotechnology has resulted to advancement of previous technologies to modern devices and products (Tseng, Huang & Chen, 2018). With these advancements, more refined products are being invented. As a result of this, fields such as medicine are able to come up with sophisticated equipment that can help in treating chronic disease such as cancer and organ transplant. To cater for the need of growing nanotechnology market, institutions of higher learning through research are coming up with skills that match market need. Without skills, innovation progress would not available in the market products.

Conclusion

Nanotechnology is a new technology in the market, hence more research is required. Since it’s a new technology, some of the required resources and skills are not available. This makes it difficult for organizations to work in isolation towards desirable progress in developing Nanotechnology products and services. Desirable results have been witnessed through collaboration of institutions such as universities and colleges. Such partnerships have made research easy due to merging of ideas and efforts.

Update 8 will touch on challenges faced by Nanotechnology towards achieving its expansion and achieving its goals

References

Cozzens, S. E., & Wetmore, J. (2011). Nanotechnology and the Challenges of Equity, Equality and Development. Paises Bajos: Springer Netherlands.

Crone, W. C. (2010). Bringing nano to the public: A collaboration opportunity for researchers and museums. Journal of Nano Education, 2(1-2), 102-116.

Muscio, A., & Nardone, G. (2012). The determinants of university–industry collaboration in food science in Italy. Food Policy, 37(6), 710-718.

Tseng, F. C., Huang, M. H., & Chen, D. Z. (2018). Factors of university–industry collaboration affecting university innovation performance. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 1-18.