by Andrew Maynard | Nov 19, 2009 | Emerging Technology, Policy, Recommended
For the next three days I will be participating in and blogging from the World Economic Forum Summit on the Global Agenda in Dubai. If last year’s summit – described as the “World’s largest brainstorming” – is anything to go by,...
by Andrew Maynard | Nov 15, 2009 | Communication, Engagement
Back in July I wrote a short blog about Tim Jones’ Exquisite Corpse of Science project – an innovative project to explore what people think about science and it’s place in their lives and society, through the medium of drawing and film. Four months...
by Andrew Maynard | Nov 12, 2009 | Nanotechnology
Okay so it’s more of a list of nanotech-enabled products than a lifestyle tool, but at the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, we’ve just released an iPhone version of our surprisingly successful web-based nanotech Consumer Products Inventory. With...
by Andrew Maynard | Nov 5, 2009 | Nanotechnology
A new paper published on-line today in Nature Nanotechnology hints that some nanoparticles could cause damage to cells on the other side of normally tight barriers – such as the blood brain barrier or the placenta – without actually crossing the barriers. ...
by Andrew Maynard | Nov 1, 2009 | Engagement, Policy
Sitting 3000 miles away from London in Washington DC, I’ve been following the dismissal of Professor David Nutt as the UK government’s senior scientific advisor on the misuse of drugs, with interest. Not being steeped in British drugs politics, I was only...
