Science and Technology Innovation Program
Events
New Article: Comprehensive Overview of Nanotechnology's Potential Workplace Health Impacts
An 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.
Nanotechnology Development Suffers from Lack of Risk Research Plan, Inadequate Funding & Leadership
Today at a hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Dr. Andrew Maynard testified that nanotechnology is being jeopardized by the lack of a clear federal strategy for examining possible environmental, health and safety risks and by inadequate funding for this work.
PEN 9 - EPA and Nanotechnology: Oversight for the 21st Century
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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.
White House Science Office Needs Critical Upgrade
The next president will need a superb Assistant for Science and Technology and a strengthened science advice capability to address the nation's challenges, according to a new report released by the Wilson Center.
Laws of the Internet
Bernardo Huberman, Director, Sand Hill LaboratoryRecent research articles by Dr. Huberman
findNano App Puts Nanotech in Your Pocket
The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies has developed findNano, an application for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch that lets users discover and determine whether consumer products are nanotechnology-enabled
