FramingNano Mapping Study on Regulation and Governance of Nanotechnology
Nanotechnologies are expected to be one of the main drivers of the technological evolution of the early part of the XXI Century. Due to the unique properties and behaviour of matter at the nanoscale and its enabling characteristics, nanotechnologies have the potential to profoundly transform all the most important industrial sectors and everyday life.
All over the world, both developed and emerging countries are devoting increasing resources to promote nanoscience and nanotechnologies in an effort aimed at gaining a leading position in the field and reaping the benefits promised. However, the belief is also becoming widely shared that the hopes pinned on this emerging technology will fully materialise only if its development will take place responsibly.