Project Press Releases
- March 15, 2006pdfNew Website on Nanotechnology Consumer ProductsThe Wilson Center’s Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies announces the first-ever, publicly accessible website of nanotechnology consumer products at www.nanotechproject.org/consumerproducts. This unique online database contains information on over 200 manufacturer-identified nano products – everything from sunscreens and food supplements to refrigerators and cultured diamonds.
- March 10, 2006pdfIncreasing Number of Nanotech Consumer Products Reaching Marketplace Triggers ConcernStatement by J. Clarence (Terry) Davies, Senior Advisor, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies; Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future
- March 10, 2006pdfFirst-Ever New Nanotechnology Consumer Products Inventory Accessible to PublicThe Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars today launched The Nanotechnology Consumer Products Inventory. This is the first and only publicly accessible online inventory of nanotechnology consumer products. The inventory currently contains information on 212 manufacturer-identified nano products. This far exceeds the existing federal government-accepted estimate of approximately 80 consumer products. The inventory can be accessed at no cost online at www.nanotechproject.org/consumerproducts.
- February 6, 2006pdfNew Green Nanotechnology Initiative Launched: "It's Not Easy Being Green," or Is It?The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars—a project supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts— today announced a series of meetings and a symposium that will result in an important report about how to apply the principles of green chemistry and green engineering to nanotechnology.
- January 11, 2006pdfFormer EPA Official Says New Oversight and Resources Needed for NanotechnologyThe Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars today released a new report by one of the country’s foremost authorities on environmental research and policy, which examines the strengths and weaknesses of the current regulatory framework for nanotechnology and calls for a new approach to nanotechnology oversight.
- December 20, 2005pdfComprehensive Overview of Nanotechnology's Potential Workplace Health ImpactsAn important article in the current issue of the Journal of Nanoparticle Research gives business leaders, scientists and policymakers the most comprehensive overview of research into nanotechnology’s potential worker health impacts to appear in a peer-reviewed journal.
- December 14, 2005pdfNanotechnology Doesn't Make NewsNanotechnology is hailed by some scientists, venture capitalists, and government officials as the next industrial revolution. But two media experts at a program sponsored by the Wilson Center’s Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies report that, compared to other areas of science, nanotechnology newspaper coverage is scarce.
- December 5, 2005pdfNew Website Answers Questions About Research on Nanotechnology's Potential Health and Environmental EffectsThe Wilson Center’s Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies announces the launch of their website at www.nanotechproject.org. A unique feature of this site is a new, searchable inventory of research into nanotechnology’s potential environmental, human health, and safety effects.
- November 28, 2005pdfNew Inventory of Research into Nanotechnology's Health & Environmental Effects Shows Need for More Resources, Strategy, & Public-Private and International PartnershipsA new inventory of research into nanotechnology’s potential environmental, human health, and safety effects (EH&S) shows the need for more resources, for a coherent risk-related research strategy, and for public-private partnerships and international EH&S research collaborations. These are the key conclusions drawn from the first single inventory of largely government-funded research projects exploring nanotechnology’s possible EH&S impacts.
- November 17, 2005pdfDavid Rejeski Addresses House Committee on Science on the Environmental and Safety Impacts of NanotechnologyToday, Director of the Wilson Center’s Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, David Rejeski, briefed the Science Committee of the House of Representatives on current concerns about the environmental and safety impacts of nanotechnology and the status and adequacy of related research programs and plans.
