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TOPNEWS 02 February 2012 (from observatoryNANO)

Latest newsletter from the observatoryNANO

Top view of Manhattan

The observatoryNANO is reaching its final stages and this newsletter looks back on some of the activities and what is still to come. [..]

30 January 2012 (from NanoChannels)

Can Nanotechnologies Contribute to Living a Longer and more Productive Life?

Eye

On Tuesday 31st January at 15.00h GMT there will be a live webcast of panel discussion at the Guardian newspaper, including the UK Government’s Minister of State for Universities and Science, David Willetts. [..]

26 January 2012 (from European Parliament)

Nano-biocides regulated

Bacteria

On 19 January, the European Parliament adopted new biocides regulation including risk assessment and labelling for products containing nanomaterials. [..]

16 January 2012 (from IM2NP – CNRS – University Paul Cézanne – Marseilles – France)

NANOSEA 2012: 4rd International Conference On NANO-structures SElf-Assembly

Nanotube

NANOSEA2012 International Conference is the fourth edition of NANOSEA, six years after the successful start in July 2006 at Aix-en-Provence (France) , four years after NANOSEA 2008 held in the magnificent Villa [..]

09 January 2012 (from ObservatoryNano)

Emerging Science and Technology scrutinised by States Parties to BTWC

Bacteria

As of 2012, trends in science and technology with potential implications for the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention will be monitored and discussed annually by experts and representatives of the State Parties to [..]

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Events

4 upcoming events

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01 October 2006 - 01 January 2016 in University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Master in Nanoengineering

15 February 2012 - 17 February 2012 in Tokyo, Japan

nano tech 2012 - The11th International Nanotechnology Exhibition & Conference

27 February 2012 - 29 February 2012 in Dublin, Ireland

“From theory to practice - development, training and enabling nanosafety and health research”

20 May 2012 - 23 May 2012 in San Luis Potosi, Mexico

Nanotech 2012

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Publications (266 entries found)

02 November 2011

Ineke Malsch

Trusted authority should evaluate need for nanoregulation

Current trends in Communicating Nanoethics; Interview with Dr Donald Bruce, Managing Director Edinethics Ltd., Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

The initial phase of public dialogue under the heading «nano” may have faded away, but there is a need for ongoing engagement by lay people and ethicists with nanotechnology, focused [..]

31 October 2011

Rene von Schomberg (ed)

Towards Responsible Research and Innovation in the Information and Communication Technologies and Security Technologies Fields

The book publications contains 10 chapters with articles from researchers, who are currently leading major EU funded research projects. This book marks a new strategy towards responsible [..]

11 October 2011

OECD WPN

Fostering Nanotechnologies to address global challenges: Water

Securing and managing access to clean water is a challenge both for developing and for more economically developed countries. This document reports on the key issues of water access; some [..]

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Articles (125 entries found)

16 November 2006

Reconstructing man? - The power of converging technologies...

17 October 2006

From science fiction to science fact

04 August 2006

Nanotechnology research leads to molecular-scale batteries and motors

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