Andrew Maynard: clean, green and unseen
Nanotechnology can lead to various advancements in science. FAST-ACT powder breaks apart hazardous substances such as VX nerve gas and sulfuric acid. (Credit: Cliff Braverman and Trent Schindler, NSF; NanoScale Materials, Inc.; Kansas State University.)
EarthSky talks with Andrew Maynard, Chief Science Advisor for the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies
Andrew Maynard is one of a panel of experts who struggle with real-life dilemmas related to nanotechnology in a new Fred Friendly Seminars series being broadcast on public TV stations beginning in April, 2008. The series title is Nanotechnology: The Power of Small. Maynard’s carries the subtitle Clean, Green and Unseen. EarthSky’s Dan Kulpinski spoke to Maynard in his office in Washington.
This special Clear Voices for Science podcast was produced in cooperation with ICAN Productions and the Fred Friendly Seminars, with funding from the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation. Go to powerofsmall.org to find out more.
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