Just what is nanotechnology? Where is it being used in our day-to-day life, and where could it be used? Cosmos chatted to Professor Benjamin Eggleton, director of the Nano Institute at the University of Sydney, about what’s exciting him in nanotechnology, where he sees the field going – and why it’s so hard to test a new type of radar on a cane toad.
Originally published by Cosmos as Just what is nanotechnology?
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