September 2, 2011
Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology (Volume 3, Issue 5, September/October 2011) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “Cancer Nanotechnology Research in the United States and China: Cooperation to Promote Innovation” by Julie A. Schneider, Piotr Grodzinski and Xing-Jie Liang, 441–448.
September 1, 2011
Warsaw, Poland October 20-21, 2011 It will be held as one of the major scientific events of the Polish Presidency in the Council of the EU, under the patronage of the Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education and the … Read More
August 17, 2011
Hundreds of researchers and business executives are in Portland Tuesday for a three day conference on nanotechnology. It’s one area of Oregon’s economy that appears to be doing well. (OPB NEWS)
August 16, 2011
Every day, 15 people die from heart disease in Singapore, which accounted for 31.6% of all deaths in 2009.1 Worldwide, the number of severe heart failure patients waiting for transplant far exceeds the number of available donor hearts. The severe … Read More
July 11, 2011
You’re going on holiday. Off the plane and checked into your hotel, you don the wrinkle-free shirt you packed so you wouldn’t have to do any ironing. Grabbing your scratch-resistant sunglasses and your sunscreen you dash to the hotel pool, … Read More
June 28, 2011
Two million workers are projected to be needed in nanotechnology-based businesses by 2020 in the United States alone. Today, demand far outstrips the availability of trained personnel and the College of Engineering and Applied Science is seeking to meet this … Read More
June 24, 2011
Dr. Bhatia and Dr. von Maltzahn of M.I.T. were inspired by the natural process of corporeal cell communication, specifically the way that injured tissue calls for help to stem bleeding, to develop a system where nanoparticles carry cancer treatment drugs directly … Read More
June 23, 2011
Nanotechnology is changing the products we use everyday – food, clothes, cars, and even medicine. For some, nanotechnology is a savior and a way to engineer goods and the landscape around us in powerful, novel ways. For others, it is … Read More
June 22, 2011
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published “Draft Guidance for Industry, Considering Whether an FDA-Regulated Product Involves the Application of Nanotechnology,” and is asking for feedback from the industrial and public sectors. The draft guidelines present a list … Read More
June 21, 2011
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), member of the Armed Services Committee, secured approval for an increased focus on nanotechnology research by the Defense Department, including a study to determine the need for a center for nanotechnology. (Empire State News)
June 20, 2011
Taking their inspiration from insect swarms, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) investigators have devised a nanoparticle based communication signal amplification system that could be used to target tumours. (Cancer Journal)
June 17, 2011
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (Volume 8, Issue 2, June 2011) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “No Chance, No Value, or No Way: Reassessing the Place of Futility in Health Care and Bioethics” by Sarah Winch & Ian … Read More
June 15, 2011
Some nanotechnology experts have pushed for more explicit guidelines in the nanotechnology field because it would help spur innovation and commercialization. (Industry Week)
May 27, 2011
It is impossible to deny the potential and excitement that nanoscale technology offers for the future. Whether it is in aerospace materials, medical treatments or improving computer devices, nanotechnology cannot be ignored. (The Guardian)
May 5, 2011
Will we become cyborgs? Will we be disease free? And what have vacuum cleaners got to do with it? John Holden asks scientists how humans might change over the next 50 years (IrishTimes.com)
May 4, 2011
The American Journal of Bioethics (Volume 11, Issue 5, April 2011) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “Beyond the IRB: Local Service Versus Global Oversight” by Molly Havard and David Magnus, 1 – 2. “Mobile Contact Tracing and … Read More
April 29, 2011
NanoEthics (Volume 5, Issue 1, April 2011) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “Nano-Technology, Ethics, and Risk” by Wade L. Robison, 1-13. “Trust in Nanotechnology? On Trust as Analytical Tool in Social Research on Emerging Technologies” by Trond … Read More
April 11, 2011
Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology (Volume 3, Issue 2, March/April 2011) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “Nanomedicine and Ethics: Is There Anything New or Unique?” by Todd Kuiken, 111–118.
April 8, 2011
Studies in Ethics, Law, and Technology (Volume 4, Issue 3) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “Artificial Companions: Empathy and Vulnerability Mirroring in Human-Robot Relations” by Mark Coeckelbergh. “Brain Gene Transfer and Brain Implants” by Rolando Meloni, Jacques … Read More
February 28, 2011
At first glance it might appear that nanomedicine is irrelevant to surgery as it is practiced today, as surgery is generally concerned with the manipulation of decidedly macroscopic devices. However, surgery as a discipline is obviously not limited to clinical … Read More
January 25, 2011
The American Journal of Bioethics (Volume 4, Issue 3, December 2010) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “Freitas on Disease in Nanomedicine: Implications for Ethics” by Vassiliki L. Leontis & George J. Agich, 205-214. “Proposed Strategies for Teaching … Read More
October 28, 2010
Recommendations that attention should be paid to nanotechnology’s ethical, economic and social risks for Africa, put forward by a regional workshop in Côte d’Ivoire, must be built on, says Kathy Jo Wetter in Pambazuka News. (SciDev.Net)
October 6, 2010
The arena of pesticides -– and the battle to fight bugs out in the world’s farm fields -– is expanding to include an unexpected new tool: nanotechnology. That shift has scientists and researchers more than a bit concerned over what, … Read More
October 5, 2010
NanoEthics (Volume 4, Issue 2, August 2010) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “From Speculative Nanoethics to Explorative Philosophy of Nanotechnology” by Armin Grunwald, 91-101. “What’s Different, Ethically, About Nanotechnology?: Foundational Questions and Answers” by Robert E. McGinn, … Read More
September 9, 2010
Synthetic biology—defined as the design and construction of new biological parts, devices, and systems or re-design of existing natural biological systems for useful purposes—holds enormous potential to improve everything from energy production to medicine, with the global market projected to … Read More
