Nanotechnology may seem like something from a sci-fi movie plot, but it’s a very real thing and has likely affected many areas of your life, whether you realise it, or not.

Nanotechnology looks at dimension and tolerances of less than 100 nanometers. For context, hair follicles or a sheet of paper are 100,000 nanometers thick. So, pretty small…

But what is it? How are scientists changing our lives with it? And why was King Charles III famously afraid of it?

Dallas Campbell is joined by nanochemist Suze Kundu to find out more.

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