Thesis

Filter By:

  • After fourteen years of writing for Nature Nanotechnology, Chris Toumey reflects on the role of experts in Science and Technology Studies in his last contribution to the journal.

    • Chris Toumey
    Thesis
  • In reviewing a recent book, Chris Toumey reflects on the impact that social networks can have on the development of a number of technologies.

    • Chris Toumey
    Thesis
  • As the spread of SARS-CoV-2 has triggered worldwide closures of research labs and facilities, Kostas Kostarelos shares his views on what may be going wrong in the fight against COVID-19 and how the nanoscience community could and should contribute.

    • Kostas Kostarelos
    Thesis
  • Although we seem to understand how nanoscience can impact the environment, we seem to be far off using nanotechnology for environmental remediation, says Chris Toumey.

    • Chris Toumey
    Thesis
  • Chris Toumey explores the way in which reactions to nanotechnology from different religious denominations can be translated to other emerging technologies.

    • Chris Toumey
    Thesis
  • Visiting a research centre specialized in nanoscience and nanotechnology can be an inspiration for students in other disciplines, as Chris Toumey explains.

    • Chris Toumey
    Thesis
  • Through an overview of James Watson’s recounting of the discovery of the structure of DNA, Chris Toumey illustrates the value to be found in the stories of the interaction among scientists behind great scientific discoveries.

    • Chris Toumey
    Thesis
  • Some scientific disciplines originate from a single event. This is not the case for nanotechnology, says Chris Toumey.

    • Chris Toumey
    Thesis
  • Chris Toumey explores the potential of sound as a way to investigate nature at the nanoscale.

    • Chris Toumey
    Thesis
  • Religious people tend to have a different view of nanotechnology than non-religious people. Chris Toumey explores whether there are also different views between different religious groups.

    • Chris Toumey
    Thesis
  • Chris Toumey explains why the actions on science policy taken so far by the current US administration are cause for concern.

    • Chris Toumey
    Thesis
  • Chris Toumey illustrates how different groups of people involved with nanotechnology have different views on the history of the field and feel differently about its importance.

    • Chris Toumey
    Thesis
  • Chris Toumey reflects on the fun, and not only, provided by nanotechnology in the digital world, as illustrated by Colin Milburn in Mondo Nano.

    • Chris Toumey
    Thesis
  • In 2006, a group of scientists proposed five grand challenges to support the safe handling of nanotechnology. Ten years on, Andrew Maynard and Robert Aitken — two of the original authors — look at where we have come, and where we still need to go.

    • Andrew D. Maynard
    • Robert J. Aitken
    Thesis
  • Nanotechnology is starting to play a role in a number of commercial products, though in an evolutionary, rather than revolutionary way, says Peter Dobson.

    • Peter Dobson
    Thesis
  • Chris Toumey reflects on his contribution to Nature Nanotechnology since its launch.

    • Chris Toumey
    Thesis