by Andrew Maynard | Apr 20, 2010 | Communication, Oversight
There’s a bit of a brouhaha over nanotechnology safety brewing over at AOL Online. A few weeks ago, investigative reporter Andrew Schneider posted a series of articles questioning both the safety of nanotechnology-enabled products entering the market, and the...
by Sophia Collins | Apr 13, 2010 | Communication, Education, Engagement, Guest Post
A guest blog by Sophia Collins, producer of the on-line teen science event “I’m a Scientist, Get me out of Here!” “itz hometime but we want to stay and ask questions” These are the words of a 14 year old student, at a school in inner-city...
by Andrew Maynard | Apr 6, 2010 | Communication, Emerging Technology, Policy
To coincide with my move to the University of Michigan, Seed Magazine has just published a series of ten questions and answers on what I do and what motivates me as a scientist. You can read how well I fared (or didn’t, as the case may be) with questions as...
by Andrew Maynard | Apr 4, 2010 | Communication, Engagement, Nanotechnology, Recommended
The quality’s a bit flaky, but I thought I would upload this video for a bit of fun. It’s the first – and possibly the last – time I will simultaneously attempt to unravel the mysteries of nanotechnology… while baking a cake! Filmed at...
by David H Guston | Mar 30, 2010 | Communication, Engagement, Guest Post, Nanotechnology
A guest blog by David H. Guston, Director of the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University. The President’s Council of Advisors for Science and Technology (PCAST) has recently put the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) through its biennial...
by Andrew Maynard | Mar 24, 2010 | Communication, Education, Engagement
The website “I’m a Scientist – Get me out of here” should come with a government warning – something along the lines of “Visiting this site could seriously disrupt your professional, social and personal live while altering your...