Is nano the next GM?
by Paul Miller
Nanotechnology - the ability to manipulate matter at the atomic scale - is the next big thing according to many in the worlds of science and technology. But it isn't without its sceptics, and some are predicting a similar kind of brouhaha to that which accompanied GM foods in the late 1990s in the UK.
Demos and IEPPP at Lancaster University are working together on an ESRC funded project to examine the potential for developing 'upstream' public engagement in nanotech R&D. We've just written the first working paper for the project and we'd be very interested in your comments.
Download the working paper (pdf 270k)
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erm...does Demos actually read this stuff? If so, does zoo sex and gay cum form a kind of public (or private) engagement. A touch of editorial intervention would not go amiss, I think!