Not as boring as you thought; Nanotechnology.(The excitement of watching paint dry) From: The Economist (US) | Date: January 8, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 Economist Newspaper Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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Watching paint dry may lead to some exciting new technologies

BELIEVE it or not, there are a small but significant number of people in this world who watch paint dry for a living. And watching paint dry, if you look closely enough, is fascinating. Honest. Plenty of researchers are mesmerised by exactly how the paint comes off the brush, how the polymers within it interact in order to adhere to a surface, and what happens when the...