Project News

• August 8, 2007 Plenty of Clean Water at the NanoFrontier A new podcast episode of Trips to the NanoFrontier examines how Eric Hoek and his engineering research team at UCLA are working to dramatically reduce the cost and energy needed for desalination and wastewater treatment. A companion issue of the NanoFrontiers newsletter Developing Story: Nanotechnology and Low-Income Nations examines the question of whether developing nations will fully share in the anticipated benefits of nanotech. audio
• August 2, 2007 Does EPA Have an Adequate Strategy to Oversee Nanotechnologies? Can it get needed information through a proposed program where companies voluntarily submit details about the nature of the nanomaterials they are using to manufacture products and about their steps to ensure safety? What incentives, if any, exist for firms to take part in this new EPA program? And how appropriate is the agency’s approach for classifying nanoscale substances under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)?
• July 26, 2007 Where Does the Nano Go? New Report on End-of-Life Regulation of Nanotechnologies All materials and products eventually come to the end of their useful life, and those made with nanotechnology are no different.This means that engineered nanomaterials will ultimately enter the waste stream and find their way into landfills or incinerators—and eventually into the air, soil and water. A new report authored by legal experts from the Environmental Law Institute addresses these issues. video
• July 9, 2007 Tomorrow’s Green Nanofactories Viruses are notorious villains – a blight on both humans and their computers. A new episode in the Trips to the NanoFrontier explores how materials scientists Angela Belcher is improving their behavior, coaxing viruses and other microorganisms to self-assemble nanomaterials into a functional electronic devices. audio
• July 2, 2007 Nanotechnology, Medicine and Bioethics Dr. Andrew Maynard, chief science advisor for the Wilson Center’s Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, and Dr. Mauro Ferrari, chairman, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, were invited to discuss nanotechnology and nanomedicine before a meeting of the President’s Council on Bioethics.
• June 29, 2007 Green Nanotechnology: Why We Need a Green Nano Award & How to Make It Happen
• June 25, 2007 Nanotechnology: Consumers Must Be Convinced Benefits Outweigh Risks
• June 10, 2007 NPR: Maynard Discusses Nano’s Promise and Potential Pitfalls on “Living On Earth” audio
• May 17, 2007 Mapping the New U.S. NanoMetro Economy
• May 17, 2007 Nanotechnology Now Used in Nearly 500 Everyday Products
• April 25, 2007 Trips to the NanoFrontier Nanotechnology’s many anticipated benefits will arrive in waves of innovation, beginning with today’s stain-resistant clothing and other first-generation applications and extending decades into the future, when extraordinarily advanced products, from self-repairing tissues to quantum computers, may become practical. audio
• April 24, 2007 Nanotechnology Offers Hope for Treating Spinal Cord Injuries, Diabetes, Heart and Parkinson’s Disease Imagine a world where damaged organs in your body—kidneys, liver, heart—can be stimulated to heal themselves. Envision people tragically paralyzed whose injured spinal cords can be repaired. Think about individuals suffering from the debilitating effects of Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s relieved of their symptoms – completely and permanently. video
• April 17, 2007 New Methods & Tools Needed to Measure Exposure to Airborne Nanomaterials
• April 13, 2007 The Project Goes Carbon Neutral As part of its overall goal to minimize risks to humans and the environment the Project is working to reduce its impact on climate change. Although we are a small full-time staff of eight people, we recognize that our activities add to the rising global greenhouse gas emission levels. We are committed to reducing these levels and mitigating their impact.
• March 27, 2007 International Risk Research Strategy & Funding Needed for Nanotech Safety

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