Nokia Partners with Cambridge University on Nanotechnology Research

4:30 am on March 9, 2007 | Category: Cellular, Wireless Technology

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Nokia is planning to ramp up its research into nanotechnology, the Finnish company revealed this week, in partnership with the prestigious University of Cambridge in the UK.

The research partnership is expected to be “long-term,” and will involve Nokia setting up a new research facility at the West Cambridge science and technology campus.

Nanotechnology involves the manipulation of matter at a molecular or atomic level, and could be useful in the handset maker’s efforts to produce cheaper, more durable cell phones and longer-lasting batteries for mobile devices.

“Nanotechnology long ago left science fiction movies for the laboratory and, more recently, we saw the first commercial applications,” explained the head of Nokia’s nanotechnology research division, Dr. Tapani Ryhanen. “The techniques we are developing really bring us a toolkit for working with the processes of nature at a very basic level — the level of molecules — in a safe and controlled way.”

Nokia is initially planning to base around ten of its researchers at Cambridge, allowing them to better collaborate with the university’s Nanoscience Centre and engineering department.

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