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God in the lab

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Surveys have found that almost half of all scientists in the US are religious. Chris Toumey explores what this might mean for nanotechnology.

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  1. Chris Toumey is at the University of South Carolina NanoCenter. Toumey@mailbox.sc.edu,

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