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Chemistry World January 2010 Palmer & Felwick	Safety in numbers Regulators struggle with nanotechnology. It's time for more self-regulation, say the authors
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Chemistry World September 14, 2009 Hayley Birch	All that is small is not nano Mark Wiesner of Duke University, US, says it is too easy to tar all nanoparticles with the same brush. 'All that is small is not necessarily nano,' he says. 'You need to have that novel property. The question then becomes: what's the taxonomy of these nanomaterials?'
IndustryWeek October 20, 2010	Nanotechnology: Beyond the Hype Nanotechnology can make things lighter, stronger or more efficient, but can it really revolutionize industries such as medicine or energy?
Popular Mechanics October 2006 Glenn Harlan Reynolds	Nanotechnology: Good Things in Small Packages Critics exaggerate the dangers. Boosters flog the benefits. Let's give nanotechnology a chance to develop before we start taking sides.
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