Nanotechnology: Learning from past mistakes

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Jul 21, 2008 | 3.6 / 5 (5) | 1

A new expert analysis in Nature Nanotechnology questions whether industry, government and scientists are successfully applying lessons learned from past technologies to ensure the safe and responsible development of emergi ...

Nanotechnology: not just for geeks

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Oct 02, 2007 | 4 / 5 (6) | 0

Say “nanotechnology,” and geeks imagine iPhones, laptops and flash drives. But more than 60 percent of the 580 products in a newly updated inventory of nanotechnology consumer products are such “un-geeky” items as tennis ...

World's first mandatory national nanotech rule pending

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Jan 28, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The Canadian government reportedly is planning to release in February the world's first national regulation requiring companies to detail their use of engineered nanomaterials, according to environmental officials. The information ...

Ethical evaluations of nanotechnology

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Jan 27, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Recent action in Congress to reauthorize the U.S. federal nanotechnology research program offers the chance to address the social and ethical issues concerning the emerging scientific field, experts say.

findNano app puts nanotech in your pocket

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Nov 12, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) has developed findNano, an application for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch that lets users discover and determine whether consumer products are nanotechnology-enabled. Nanotechnology, ...

Nanotech in your vitamins

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Jan 14, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 4

The ability of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate the safety of dietary supplements using nanomaterials is severely limited by lack of information, lack of resources and the agency's lack of statutory authority ...

Cosmetics may contain harmful particles

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

May 05, 2006 | 3.1 / 5 (16) | 0

Researchers at the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies in Washington say tiny particles used in cosmetics and sunscreens may pose health concerns.

Slow federal action to oversee nanotechnology leaves 'room at the bottom'

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Apr 09, 2008 | 4 / 5 (8) | 0

State and local governments often have adopted trailblazing initiatives to address environmental, health and safety concerns in advance or in lieu of federal action. With nanotechnology, an emerging field of science with ...

Nanotech safety high on Congress' priority list

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Jan 16, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

The House Science and Technology Committee today introduced legislation that highlights the growing attention on Capitol Hill to the need to strengthen federal efforts to learn more about the potential environmental, health ...

Limited transparency in federal nanotech research may hamper development

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Apr 16, 2008 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

Without clear leadership and more transparency in federal risk research investment, the emergence of safe nanotechnologies will be a happy accident, rather than a foregone conclusion, says Dr. Andrew Maynard, the Chief Science ...

A need for improved efficiency in nanomanufacturing

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Oct 28, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (4) | 0

New research shows that environmental gains derived from the use of nanomaterials may be offset in part by the processes used to manufacture them. Research published in a special issue of the Journal of Industrial Ecology, a peer ...

Nanotechnology and synthetic biology: What does the American public think?

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Sep 29, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

Nanotechnology and synthetic biology continue to develop as two of the most exciting areas of scientific discovery, but research has shown that the public is almost completely unaware of the science and its applications. ...

Nanotechnology: What's that?

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Sep 04, 2007 | 3.6 / 5 (10) | 0

Nanoscience and nanotechnology are two of the hottest fields in research, investment, and manufacturing. Some hail nanotechnology as enabling "The Next Industrial Revolution."

Europe spends nearly twice as much as US on nanotech risk research

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Apr 21, 2008 | 4.3 / 5 (8) | 0

A new analysis by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) indicates that European nations are investing nearly twice as much as the U.S. in research primarily aimed at addressing the potential risks of nanotechnology. ...

Nanotech could make solar energy as easy and cheap as growing grass

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Sep 17, 2007 | 3.8 / 5 (45) | 0

Scientists are working to produce cheap, sustainable solar energy by imitating nature. Nanotechnology researchers like California Institute of Technology professor Nate Lewis are exploring nanoscale materials that mimic the ...