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Is nanotechnology an example of a new approach to science and technology, or have commercial considerations always played a major role in decisions about funding research? Richard Jones looks at both sides of the argument.

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  1. Richard Jones is in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Sheffield. r.a.l.jones@sheffield.ac.uk,

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Jones, R. The production of knowledge. Nature Nanotech 3, 448–449 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2008.226

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