Policy
- events/archive May 23, 2007 EPA and Nanotechnology: Oversight for the 21st Century As the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently stated, nanotechnology has evolved from a futuristic idea to watch to a current issue to address. And for this new technology’s enormous potential to improve everyone’s life to be realized, nanotechnology must be subject to an adequate oversight system—a system designed to identify and minimize any adverse effects of nano materials and products on health or the environment. video
- publications/archive May 1, 2007 EPA and Nanotechnology: Oversight for the 21st Century As the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently stated, nanotechnology has evolved from a futuristic idea to watch to a current issue to address. A new report by J. Clarence (Terry) Davies considers various oversight tools for dealing with nanotechnology and proposes a number of action steps for government, industry, and other stakeholders.
- events/archive April 23, 2007 NanoFrontiers: Visions for the Future of Nanotechnology The report will be released at an event featuring one of the contributors to the report, Dr. Samuel Stupp, director of Northwestern University’s Institute for BioNanotechnology in Medicine. He will present the findings from his latest research in applying nanotechnology to jump-start cell regeneration. Dr. Stupp will also share his predictions on the long-term potential of using nanotechnology to treat specific medical conditions. video
- events/archive April 16, 2007 Nanotechnology’s Past, Present, and Future: A Congressional Perspective When upstate New York Republican Congressman Sherwood “Sherry” Boehlert retired last year, the U.S. Congress lost its most passionate “cheerleader for science.” video
- publications/archive April 1, 2007 Green Nanotechnology: It’s Easier Than You Think (Report)
- news/archive March 27, 2007 International Risk Research Strategy & Funding Needed for Nanotech Safety
- events/archive March 14, 2007 Thinking Big About Things Small New Report Looks Beyond Specific Statutes at Effective Oversight System video
- news/archive March 7, 2007 Survey Finds Emotional Reactions to Nanotechnology
- events/archive March 5, 2007 Nanotechnology: The Next Big Thing “Nanoscience and nanotechnology are two of the hottest fields in science, business, and the news today.” —Mark Ratner, Northwestern University video
- publications/archive March 1, 2007 Thinking Big About Things Small: Creating an Effective Oversight System for Nanotechnology
- news/archive January 4, 2007 Nanotech Safety Needs Specific Government Risk Research Strategy and Funding
- events/archive December 13, 2006 Nanotechnology: The Story Behind the Headlines Little science is big news, or is it? Does the media tend to hype nanotechnology, or neglect it? Do newspaper headlines focus more on nanotechnology’s risks than its benefits? How do journalists write stories on a technology about which most Americans know next to nothing and that is invisible to the human eye? video
- events/archive December 5, 2006 Dreaming of a Nanotech Christmas What Persuades the Public to Embrace and Buy Nanotechnology? video
- news/archive December 5, 2006 Nanotechnology’s Potential Threatened by Weak Public Education and Outreach Dr. Lane made his remarks today at a Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies event at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The program marked the release of a new article in the December 2006 issue of the journal Nature Nanotechnology, “What drives public acceptance of nanotechnology?” video
- news/archive November 27, 2006 Have Yourself A Merry “Nano” Christmas!
