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Welcome to Scientific Americans Science Talk posted on October 15, 2014.

I'm Steve Merski. And joining me from our Washington, 2014. I'm Steve Murski.

And joining me from our Washington, D.C. Bureau is Scientific American Senior Editor Josh Fishman.

Hi, Josh.

Hi, Steve.

Josh, tell me what we are about to hear.

Well, Steve, on August 18th of this year, I was part of a panel of University of California, San Diego,

discussing the latest advances in nanoscience.

And the panel brought together three eminent nanotechnologists to talk about their latest work.

And it was done under the auspices of the BBC World Service and their

radio show, The Forum.

And you're on the panel as obviously not a nanotechnologist. You're the science journalist

there to try to help provide some perspective and background.

That's right.

I'm there because I've been covering nanoscience for a number of years,

and I'm the one who can explain that when you say nano, you mean a billionth of a meter.

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