<b<bbc.co.uk: "Nanotechnology has become a big buzzword – so much so that the stockbrokers Merrill Lynch has created an index to track investment in the newly burgeoning industry. But others are concerned. Prince Charles, taking a lead from the environmental group ETC, has expressed concerns where this ‘atomtech’ may lead. The environmentalists see it as a step beyond genetic engineering.
In Small Worlds, science writer Philip Ball explores what’s happening in nanotechnology and just where it might lead."
Programme 1: Engineering at the Atomic Scale
Programme 2: Why Worry?
Programme 3: Nanobiotechnology
