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Nanotechnology or nanoscience is an umbrella term that covers a wide range of scientific disciplines which are carried out at very small scales down to the molecular scale. Nanotechnologies are pre
...dicted to generate sales of $1 trillion by 2015, and could affect every sphere of our lives including health-care, computers, consumer gadgets, energy, defence and food. Stories about the possibilities of nanotechnologies - from anti-cancer drugs delivered direct to the tumor by tiny robots, computers the size of a sugar cube, to smart bullets that never miss a target - are widely covered in the press. But what is the reality and the risks? Who is regulating this emerging science? Quentin Cooper is joined by an audience who want to learn more about our current state of knowledge about nanotechnology. Answering their questions are Head of the Nanoscale Science Laboratory, Professor Mark Welland & social scientist Dr Robert Doubleday, both from the Nanoscience Centre, Cambridge University and Philip Ball, science writer.
Metadata describing this Open University audio programme
| Series: |
Material World |
| Episode |
2 |
| First transmission date: |
2005-12-01 |
| Published: |
2005 |
| Rights Statement: |
Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: |
This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OU Digital Archive web pages. |
| Duration: |
00:27:35 |
| Note: |
tThe second in a series of seven special editions made in conjunction with the Open University to support the new Science in Context course, S250. |
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| Track listing: |
track listing for this programme
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Track 1
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A leaflet about the series is available for reference use only |
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| Producers: |
Fiona, Roberts; John Watkins |
| Contributors: |
Philip Ball; Quentin Cooper; Robert Doubleday; Mark Welland |
| Publisher: |
BBC Open University |
| Subject terms: |
Nanotechnologies; Science--Social aspects |
| Production number: |
AUDA794A |
| Available to public: |
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