by Andrew Maynard | Mar 30, 2009 | Nanotechnology
A guest blog by Dr. Frans Kampers, director of the Wageningen biotechnology center for food and health innovation (BioNT) at the Wageningen University and Research Center in the Netherlands. Using nanotechnology to make food better—it seems like a good idea, but does...
by Andrew Maynard | Mar 26, 2009 | Nanotechnology, Oversight
I’m looking at an electron microscope image of a carbon nanotube – as I cannot show it here, you’ll have to imagine it. It shows a long, straight, multi-walled carbon nanotube, around 100 nanometers wide and 10 micrometers long. There is nothing...
by Andrew Maynard | Mar 26, 2009 | Communication, Nanotechnology, Oversight, Recommended
There are some things they don’t cover in media training, like giving interviews while suffering from stomach flu, talking to reporters thousands of miles away while on a dodgy cell phone connection, or speaking intelligently while your three-year-old niece runs rings...
by Andrew Maynard | Mar 24, 2009 | Engagement, Nanotechnology
An interview with Dr. Kristen Kulinowski, Director of the International Council On Nanotechnology Today is Ada Lovelace Day—a day when people around the world are drawing attention to women who excel in technology. Some weeks back I pledged, along with many others...
by Andrew Maynard | Mar 17, 2009 | Nanotechnology
So you want to make or use carbon nanotubes, but you are worried about handling then safely. What do you do? The good news is that the UK Health and Safety Executive has just published an information sheet that addresses just this question. Risk management of...
by Andrew Maynard | Mar 2, 2009 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology, Oversight
Ten years ago to the month, one of the first research reports detailing the challenges of ensuring the safe use of engineered nanomaterials was delivered to the UK Health and Safety Executive. The report wasn’t for general release, and you’ll be hard pressed to find...
