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Science and democracy

Nature Nanotechnology volume 1, pages 6–7 (2006)Cite this article

The future of nanotechnology depends on public acceptance, says Chris Toumey, so the nanotechnology community needs to listen to public opinion.

Nanotechnology comes to public attention at an interesting time. The question of the role of the lay public in science policy has recently matured into a series of arguments and approaches, and nanotechnology is often thought of as a test case for experiments in democratizing science today. There is nothing about atoms and molecules that makes nanotechnology more suitable for this than other technologies: this is a historical coincidence, not a scientific result.

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