by Andrew Maynard | Jun 15, 2016 | Nanotechnology, Risk, Technology Innovation
Just a few years ago, carbon nanotubes were front and center of discussions around the safety of engineered nanomaterials. These days, not so much. So what happened? Did we do the science and discover that they’re just as safe as any other form of carbon? Or...
by Andrew Maynard | Oct 23, 2015 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology, Public Health
For over two decades, carbon nanotubes have been attracting attention. First, they were seen as a super-strong, super-conductive new form of carbon that could potentially revolutionize everything from space travel to drug delivery. Later, concerns were raised that...
by Andrew Maynard | Jul 14, 2014 | Technology Innovation
If your nanotechnology stream is anything like mine today, it will have been swamped by accounts like this one of “Vantablack” fabric – supposedly the world-s blackest-ever material! The material relies on a carbon nanotube forest that absorbs...
by Nanocomp | Sep 28, 2010 | Emerging Technology, Guest Post, Nanotechnology
A guest blog by John Dorr, Vice President of Business Development Nanocomp Technologies Inc. Despite all the fuss over nanotechnology, it’s surprisingly difficult to get a clear sense of how the technology is contributing to new products. So when the company Nanocomp...
by Andrew Maynard | Dec 25, 2009 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology, Recommended, Synthetic Biology
Ten years ago at the close of the 20th century, people the world over were obsessing about the millennium bug – an unanticipated glitch arising from an earlier technology. I wonder how clear it was then that, despite this storm in what turned out to be a...
