Today we look at nanotechnology. What is it? What's interesting in nanotechnology at the moment? And what it’s like to test a new technology on animals, and then humans? To get some insights, Cosmos journalist Ellen Phiddian talks to Professor Benjamin Eggleton, the Director of The University of Sydney Nano Institute, and co-Director of the NSW Smart Sensing Network (NSSN).

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