Have you ever watched a child carefully taking apart their favourite toy, only to find that they can’t for the life of them put it back together again? It’s a phenomenon that’s as old as humpty dumpty and as old as the enlightenment. We’re...
By Rye Senjen 27/4/06 A funny thing happened yesterday…. I was having lunch at home and the phone rings: ring ring… my friend Anna called (not her real name), on her mobile no less. She was in a shop trying to buy some face cream. “Did I perhaps know...
By Gyorgy Scrinis, January 2005 If you believe the hype, the nanotechnology revolution will deliver a future of unprecedented material abundance for everyone, limitless energy, ecological sustainability, improved human health and performance, and smarter, cheaper and...
Q. What is Nanotechnology? A. It is a breathtaking area of scientific inquiry that is going to redefine life on earth. It is about working with the building blocks of matter – at a nano scale – one billionth of a meter. Q. What are the implications of...