by Andrew Maynard | Jan 11, 2008 | Nanotechnology
What do Alzheimers and body armour have in common? The answer could lie in the structures formed when proteins self-assemble at the nanoscale. At the end of last year, The Daily Telegraph Science Editor Roger Highfield wrote in an article: “The protein linked with...
by Andrew Maynard | Jan 4, 2008 | Nanotechnology, Policy
In 2004, the US National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) had a strategy – and it was OK. But what has happened since then? Has progress been made against planned actions? What have been the major challenges to progress? Have effective solutions been found? And...
by Andrew Maynard | Dec 22, 2007 | Nanotechnology
So you’ve developed an obsessive nano-silver Benny the Bear paw-chewing habit, and on the advice of your hairdresser, you’re quaffing silver nanoparticle suspensions by the pint. What do you get? Well, according to a story airing on CNN this week, what you get is…...
by Andrew Maynard | Dec 15, 2007 | Nanotechnology
Let me introduce you to Benny the Bear. Benny is a rather cute cuddly toy sold by the U.S. company Pure Plushy—we met at a meeting of the U.S. Congressional Nanotech Caucus a few weeks back. His claim to fame is a resistance to moulds, mites and bacteria. To quote...
by Andrew Maynard | Dec 8, 2007 | Civic Science, Nanotechnology, Policy
A trip through the newly refurbished St. Pancras station in London this week, and home to the widely-proclaimed “longest champagne bar in Europe”, prompted the following thought: At the champagne bar of modern science, are risk researchers the cappuccino drinkers...
