The Antofagasta newspaper La Estrella published an interview with the director of CEDENNA, Dr. Dora Altbir, in which she discussed how nanotechnology has become a key tool for tackling current challenges in strategic areas such as health, mining and the food industry.
In the article, the 2019 National Prize for Exact Sciences winner explained that nanotechnology works with materials at the nanoscale, that is, extremely small structures with properties different from those observed at larger sizes. These characteristics make it possible to develop innovative solutions with concrete applications in various productive and social sectors.
The article also highlighted that this “invisible science” already has an impact on everyday life, through advances in medical diagnostics, new materials, more efficient mining processes and technologies aimed at improving food quality and safety.
