Observing and visualizing objects, with the help of tools, which cannot be seen with the
naked eye, had always raised curiosity among the scientific community and given scientific …

In recent years, nanotechnologies have evolved from a multidisciplinary research concept to
a primary scientific field. Rapid growth of new technologies has led to the development of …

Crude oils have been primary sources of energy and fuels, such as petrodiesel. However,
significant public concerns about the sustainability, price fluctuations, and adverse …

The explosion of the interest in the industry 4.0 generated a hype on both academia and
business: the former is attracted for the opportunities given by the emergence of such a new …

The worst economic crisis since the Great Depression has generated a fundamental re-
evaluation of the free-market policies that have dominated American politics for three …

A fundamental question in the field of technological forecasting and foresight is how to
detect likely fruitful technological trajectories in new research fields, such as nanomedicine …

How do citizens make sense of nanotechnology as more applications reach the market and
the mainstream media start to debate the potential risks and benefits of technology? As with …

Bibliometric analysis of publication metadata is an important tool for investigating emerging
fields of technology. However, the application of field definitions to define an emerging …

We undertake a comprehensive review of more than 120 social science studies on
nanotechnology, 90% of which are based on the analyses of the nanotechnology …

Background Cocaine is subject to recreational abuse as a stimulant and psychoactive agent,
which poses a major worldwide health problem. The aim of the present study was to perform …