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What's a Nanotechnologist?
What do longer-lasting batteries, boats that repel barnacles, better cancer treatments, and stain-proof clothing for kids have in common? They are all goals that scientists and engineers are trying to reach using nanotechnology. Nanotechnology involves designing useful materials or machines, one atom or molecule at a time. If you choose a career in nanotechnology, you will create things that people only dream about now. But you'll have to be careful. People have discovered that some materials that are perfectly safe in big pieces are actually poisonous when they're smaller.
A nanotechnologist's salary averages between $50,000 - $75,000.