Posted 2:57 PM by Garrett
A Little Knowledge ... A Nature news feature explores concerns about public challenges to and fears concerning nanotechnological research. See also an editorial in the same issue of Nature ("Don't Believe the Hype"), which argues that, to avoid misperceptions that may surround genetic engineering, nanotechnology researchers need to be open about their research and avoid extraordinary claims. For further reading, see recent news coverage in ChemWeb on debate in Great Britain surrounding these issues, and an editorial in the latest Physics World which provides an excellent set of links, among them a 2001 NSF program and a 2003 review in the journal Nanotechnology.