Like GMOs before it, nanotechnology is irrevocably changing our world. What are the benefits of nanotech, and what are the risks? How might nanotech be used—or misused? Can the interests of science, business, and government strike a balance between the desire to act responsibly and deference to market and political pressures? These are some of the urgent questions explored in this timely four-part series.

Un nouveau monde est en train de naître… Une révolution scientifique est en marche… Cette grande révolution, il faut aller la chercher très profondément, c’est celle de l’infiniment petit, celle de l’avènement du nanomonde : celui des nanosciences et des nanotechnologies.