Project Press Releases
- October 31, 2007pdfU.S. Government Delays Nanotechnology Safety MeasuresWant to buy a bag of carbon nanotubes—in quantities from a few grams to hundreds of kilograms? With a credit card and Internet access, you can. But is the U.S. government doing enough to ensure the safety of these materials and the hundreds of other nanotechnology commercial and consumer products currently on the market?
- October 22, 2007pdfThe Twinkie Guide to NanotechnologyThe Twinkie Guide to Nanotechnology is an entertaining new video featuring scientist Andrew Maynard which mixes the iconic American snack cake with humor to unlock the mysteries of nanotechnology. In this 25-minute short Maynard serves up the complexities of nanoscience in bite-size morsels.
- October 17, 2007pdfProject on Emerging Nanotechnologies and Consumers Union Collaborate on "ConsumersTalkNano"The Wilson Center’s Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, in collaboration with Consumers Union—publishers of Consumer Reports magazine and Consumer Reports Online—announces a major effort to reach out to the American public and engage them in an important online conversation about the possible risks and benefits of nanotechnology and consumer products.
- October 11, 2007pdfNanoparticle Exposures Happen, Says ExpertSome nanotechnology fanciers suggest that, like proverbial birds of a feather, engineered nanoscale materials will flock – or clump – together. This tendency, they maintain, should reduce or eliminate risks as nanotechnology manufacturing increases and the number of nanotechnology-enabled products grows.
- October 2, 2007pdfNanotechnology: Not Just for GeeksSay “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 racquets, clothing, and health products.
- September 25, 2007pdfPoll Reveals Public Awareness of Nanotech Stuck at Low LevelNational survey findings released today indicate that Americans’ awareness of nanotechnology remains low. Popular awareness is nearly as small as the tiny nanoscale materials and nano-enabled devices and products now flowing onto the market from this rapidly progressing technology that experts believe will usher in a new industrial revolution.
- September 25, 2007pdfProject on Emerging Nanotechnologies and Consumers Union Collaborate on "ConsumersTalkNano"Today, the Wilson Center’s Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, in collaboration with Consumers Union—publishers of Consumer Reports magazine and Consumer Reports Online— announces a major effort to reach out to the American public and engage them in an important online conversation about the possible risks and benefits of nanotechnology and consumer products.
- September 25, 2007pdfPoll Reveals Public Awareness of Nanotech Stuck at Low LevelNational survey findings released today indicate that Americans’ awareness of nanotechnology remains low. Popular awareness is nearly as small as the tiny nanoscale materials and nano-enabled devices and products now flowing onto the market from this rapidly progressing technology that experts believe will usher in a new industrial revolution.
- September 17, 2007pdfNanotech Could Make Solar Energy as Easy and Cheap as Growing GrassScientists 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 architecture of grass and photosynthesis to capture and store the sun’s energy.
- September 13, 2007pdfFederal Research Plan to Determine Nanotech Risks Fails to DeliverAlmost a year in the making, a federal plan to prioritize research on the potential environmental, health, and safety (EHS) impacts of nanoscale materials has so many failings that its begs the question as to whether the government’s 13-agency nanotechnology research effort is able to deliver an effective risk research strategy, according to David Rejeski, head of the Wilson Center’s Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies.
