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If emerging technologies such as nanotechnology are to reach their full potential we need to radically change our approach to risk, argues Andrew D. Maynard.

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  1. Andrew D. Maynard directs the Risk Innovation Lab at Arizona State University, PO Box 875603, ASU, Tempe, Arizona 85387-5603, USA,

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Maynard, A. Why we need risk innovation. Nature Nanotech 10, 730–731 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2015.196

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