Nigerian newspapers hardly cover nanotechnology

Despite nanotechnology’s huge potential to alleviate poverty, it is one of the least covered science topics in Nigerian newspapers, a study finds.

The study, which is yet to be published, was presented by Herbert Batta, a communication lecturer at Nigeria’s University of Uyo, at the 13thInternational Public Communication of Science and Technology conference (PCST2014) in Brazil, this week (5-8 May). Read more