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The late Richard E. Smalley, considered one of the early fathers of nanotechnology, founded the appropriately-named Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology in the heart of Houston at acclaimed Rice University, which is now a global leader in advanced energy and nanotech research.
Before his death in 2005 at age 62, Smalley and his team came up with a list of the 10 greatest challenges facing humanity:
- Water
- Energy
- Food
- Environment
- Poverty
- Terrorism and War
- Disease
- Education
- Democracy
- Population Growth
From The Clean Tech Revolution by Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder.
