据英国一个咨询机构（POST）的意见，英国在纳米技术领域处于落后的危险之中。POST批评英国政府的技术远景预测很少提到纳米技术这一课题。POST指出，包括计算能力在内的诸多领域的进步都与纳米级研究开发能力的水平有关。将来，纳米技术可能推动一系列领域例如信息技术、电子 According to a British advisory body (POST), Britain is in danger of falling behind in the field of nanotechnology. POST criticized the British government’s technology vision projections rarely mentioned the issue of nanotechnology. POST notes that advances in many areas, including computing power, have been linked to the level of nanoscale research and development capabilities. In the future, nanotechnology may promote a series of fields such as information technology, electronics