by Andrew Maynard | Jul 26, 2011 | Communication
This week my teenage kids are dragging me of to the premier YouTube event of the year – VidCon. I was foolish enough to agree to chaperone them, and now I have two days in LA immersed in a sea of one thousand YouTube celebs, fans and wannabe’s. But not...
by Andrew Maynard | Jul 22, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology, Oversight, Policy, Regulation
The materials that most current regulations were designed to handle are pretty simple by today’s standards. Sure they can do some nasty things to the environment or your body if handled inappropriately. And without a doubt some of the risks associated with these...
by Andrew Maynard | Jul 10, 2011 | Communication, Recommended
OK so it’s a slightly misleading title, but I did want to draw your attention to the rather splendiferous Risk Science Blog. When I took over as Director of the University of Michigan Risk Science last year, I wanted to find ways of connecting researchers and...
by Andrew Maynard | Jul 8, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology, Policy
I must confess to being rather saddened this morning to read Roger Highfield’s New Scientist blog on the state of nanotechnology in the UK. Hot on the heels of reports that the company Nanoco is threatening to leave Britain for more fertile grounds, it left me...
by Andrew Maynard | Jul 6, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology, Oversight, Regulation
One of the problems with publishing in journals like Nature is that it can get a little pricey for people to read your work if they (or their organization) don’t subscribe. For instance, if you want to read the commentary I’ve just had published on...
