Is nano the new creationism?

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...

700 nanoproducts on the market & no labels!

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...

Towards a nano future?

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...

Defining Nanotechnology out of existence

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...