Nature Index 2022 Nano

With the right building blocks, nanoscience can revolutionize industries, whether it’s driving a new era in computing, boosting crop resilience or advancing medical innovations. But public buy-in can be a significant hurdle. To address the world’s biggest challenges using its smallest components, the scientific community must address misconceptions and creeping ‘nanophobia’.

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10 Aug 2022

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The nanoscience revolution

Breakthroughs in nanotechnology could offer wide-ranging benefits to a host of industries, from agriculture to computing, but getting public buy-in remains key.
Bec Crew

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Nanomaterials pave the way for the next computing generation

Technology on the nanometre scale could provide solutions to move on from the solid-state era.
Jeff Hecht

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How cross-border collaboration underpins the nanoscience revolution

Five highly cited papers that have drawn on the strengths of international partnership
Bec Crew , David Payne & Benjamin Plackett

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Four rising stars who are reshaping nanoscience

From nano-filters for tackling water pollution to protein fingerprinting that treats disease, these researchers are making their mark on the field.
Gemma Conroy & Benjamin Plackett

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Why I wrote a children’s book about nanoscience

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

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Improving crop resilience with nanoparticles

Materials that can carry CRISPR gene-editing into plant cells could be key in the fight against global hunger.
Neil Savage

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Teamwork drives Australia’s success in nanoscience

Cooperation between researchers and consistent government funding are finally bearing fruit.
Benjamin Plackett

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