If emerging technologies such as nanotechnology are to reach their full potential we need to radically change our approach to risk, argues Andrew D. Maynard.
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Maynard, A. Why we need risk innovation. Nature Nanotech 10, 730–731 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2015.196
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