by Andrew Maynard | Dec 10, 2008 | Nanotechnology, Policy
The National Research Council of the National Academies releases its review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative Strategy for Nanotechnology-Related Environmental, Health, and Safety Research. And it’s not pretty. Most people acknowledge that innovation is vital...
by Andrew Maynard | Dec 1, 2008 | Nanotechnology, Oversight
Navigating the minefield of airborne nanoparticle exposure Nanotechnology—like other emerging technologies—presents a dilemma: If you’re making new substances with uncertain health risks, how low is low enough when it comes to managing exposure? The issue is...
by Andrew Maynard | Nov 26, 2008 | Nanotechnology
I’m sitting at my computer watching a surreal balletic movie—a sheet of highly aligned carbon nanotubes is being slowly stretched, then allowed to slowly contract. In the background is a soundtrack of traditional-sounding Chinese music. At least I think the...
by Andrew Maynard | Nov 15, 2008 | Nanotechnology, Policy
As world leaders congregate in Washington DC this weekend for the G20 summit on the global financial crisis, discussions will be informed in part by what has been described as the “biggest brainstorming on the global agenda that has ever taken place.” I mention this...
by Andrew Maynard | Nov 11, 2008 | Nanotechnology, Oversight, Policy
The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution report on Novel Materials Imagine for one naïve moment that we have a pretty good handle on managing the environmental impact of existing manufactured “stuff”. Then someone comes along and invents some “new stuff” that...
by Andrew Maynard | Nov 6, 2008 | Nanotechnology, Oversight
UK Consumer Organization Which? Releases New Report Who needs an emerging technologies blog when you have The Daily Mail? For those of you that missed it, Wednesday’s on-line issue of the British tabloid newspaper highlighted “The beauty creams with nanoparticles...
