June marked 10 years since researchers from Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela founded the Nanoandes Network to promote nanotechnology programs in each country, initially by launching schools of nanoscience.

Within five years, the organization notes on its ResearchGate page, 12 Latin American countries were home to more than 300 undergraduate, master’s, doctoral, and post-doctoral researchers. Today, there are Nanoandes schools in Cartagena, Colombia; Quito, Ecuador; La Paz, Bolivia; Merida, Venezuela; and San Jose, Costa Rica, that offer theoretical and practical nanoscience workshops.