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Is nanotechnology suffering from “silent rave” syndrome?

From 2020Science.org: The silent rave might seem a rather bizarre social phenomenon; a group of strangers converging in ...

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Synthetic biology and the public: Time for a heart to heart?

From 2020science.org:So, you have a cool new science that could make a major impact on global challenges like energy, di ...

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2020 Science—looking forward with clarity

I’m afraid the good folks at SAFENANO have corrupted me! Once content to write gloriously inaccessible academic pa ...

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A lotta money, but is it enough?

$38 million! The number keeps floating before my eyes; a retinal imprint from the press release. $38 million for nanotec ...

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Nano-silver: Old problems or new challenges?

The SafeNANO blog is no stranger to the use (and possible abuse) of nanometre-scale silver—products ranging from s ...

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Nanotoxicologists self-assemble

If you evaluate the toxicity of an engineered nanomaterial, how far can you trust your results? If someone else repeats ...

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