Do we use nanotechnology in everyday life?

Do we use nanotechnology in everyday life?

It may seem futuristic, but nanotechnology is in use today.


Asked by: George Tatton, Skegness

Absolutely. Nanotechnology - engineering at a scale of millionths of a millimetre - is no longer confined to the lab. It crops up most frequently in clothing, drug design and new materials. There's an ice axe fabricated from nano-engineered steel that is super high tensile at a fraction of the weight of conventional alloys. And clothes are being developed in which microscopic nanowires generate electricity from your body movement.

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