{"article":{"id":250793,"heading":"Nanotech\u2019s Solyndra moment: Big gov\u2019t gears up to fund microscopic science","author":"Daily Caller","created":"2012-01-04 16:35:33","modified":"2013-11-11 01:09:35","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:09:35","article":"<p>The failed $534 million federal investment in Solyndra hasn&rsquo;t stopped Washington from trying to finance the &ldquo;next big thing&rdquo; in technology. New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and two House members are moving forward with a $50 million proposal for nanotechnology research funding at an upstate New York university where another nanotech research center has already existed for a decade. <br><br>  <br>  <br> <\/p>\n","contact":"","link":" http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2011\/12\/15\/nanotechs-solyndra-moment-big-govt-gears-up-to-fund-microscopic-science\/#ixzz1iQCGZedY","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"The failed $534 million federal investment in Solyndra hasn\u2019t stopped Washington from trying to finance the \u201cnext big thing\u201d in technology. New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and two House members are moving forward with a $50 million proposal for nanotechnology research funding at an upstate New York university where another nanotech research center has already existed for a decade.","numcomment":1,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2012\/01\/250793.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":250872,"heading":"So what?","article":"Nanotech research has already been funded by the government for 20 years.","author":"nobody","parent_id":250793,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2012-01-09 19:52:22","modified":"2012-01-09 19:52:22","fileurl":""}]}