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Why I wrote a children’s book about nanoscience

Inspiring the next generation can help to tackle nano-phobia.
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  1. Jess Wade

    1. Jess Wade is a research fellow at Imperial College London.

Innovations enabled by nanoscience can transform lives, helping to provide clean drinking water and more sustainable public transport, and driving advances in health and medical research. But the successful translation of nanoscience from the lab to the real world requires a society that trusts, accepts and appreciates our discoveries. ‘Nano-phobia’, which describes fear and nervousness associated with the super small, is a genuine phenomenon, and some of the far-fetched early predictions for nanotechnology didn’t help to strengthen public support.

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Nature 608, S14 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-02150-8

This article is part of Nature Index 2022 Nanoscience and nanotechnology, an editorially independent supplement. Advertisers have no influence over the content.

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The author declares no competing interests.

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