The Science of the Very, Very, Very Small
Researchers are manipulating matter at the molecular level to engineer everything from better drugs to self-cleaning clothes. Guests discuss the past and future of nanotechnology, the promise of nanomedicine, and what needs to be done to ensure the safety of these new technologies.
Barbara Baird, Horace White Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Cornell University
Rosalyn Berne, associate professor, Department of Science, Technology and Society, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Virginia
Larry Goldberg senior engineering advisor, Division of Electrical, Communications, and Cyber Systems, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia
John Silcox, David E. Burr Professor of Engineering, School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University
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