Nanotechnology’s Future Depends On Who the Public Trusts

Science Daily

When the public considers competing arguments about a new technology’s potential risks and benefits, people will tend to agree with the expert whose values are closest to their own, no matter what position the expert takes. The same will hold true for nanotechnology, a key study has found.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080211083627.htm