September 3, 2010
New Issue of Nature is Now Available
Nature (Volume 466, Issue 7309, pp 903-1014) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “Nanobiotechnology: Tiny Call Transistor” p. 904.
Nanotechnology
September 2, 2010
Nanotechnology: Small wonders
The US National Nanotechnology Initiative has spent billions of dollars on submicroscopic science in its first 10 years. Corie Lok finds out where the money went and what the initiative plans to do next. (Nature News)
August 12, 2010
New Issue of Biomedical Microdevices is Now Available
Biomedical Microdevices (Volume 12, Number 4, 2010) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “What We Know and Don’t Know About the Bioeffects of Nanoparticles: Developing Experimental Approaches for Safety Assessment” by Mel E. Stratmeyer, Peter L. Goering, Victoria … Read More
July 23, 2010
Can Nanotechnology Save Lives?
Harvard professor and scientific genius George Whitesides believes that nanotechnology will change medicine as we know it. (Smithsonian Magazine)
July 21, 2010
Nanoparticles plus adult stem cells demolish plaque
A technique that combines nanotechnology with adult stem cells appears to destroy atherosclerotic plaque and rejuvenate the arteries, according to a study reported at the American Heart Association’s Basic Cardiovascular Sciences 2010 Scientific Sessions – Technological and Conceptual Advances in … Read More
July 15, 2010
Nanotech in Our Food: Should We Be Afraid?
Nanotechnology involves the ability to control matter at the scale of a nanometer—one billionth of a meter. The world market for products that contain nanomaterials is expected to reach $2.6 trillion by 2015. (The Atlantic)
July 12, 2010
Yale bioethicist warns of singularity’s perils at futurist gathering
Wallach is a pioneer in the nascent field of robot ethics and has captured the imaginations of futurists with his theories on artificial moral agents and computational ethics. In fact, he designed the world’s first course on the subject at … Read More
July 7, 2010
Nanotech for health needs the right environment
Nanotechnology’s potential to improve public health will be maximised only with a conducive environment, argues Jayashree Vivekanandan. (SciDev)
June 29, 2010
Extraordinary Session of the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST), Paris, France (28-30 June 2010)
The members of the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology will convene in Extraordinary Session at UNESCO headquarters in Paris (Room XI, Fontenoy Building) on 28-30 June, 2010. COMEST is an advisory body and forum of … Read More
June 16, 2010
Engineers of life
Synthetic biology is an extension of the spirit of genetic engineering that focuses on the development of biological systems with new, defined characteristics, assembled according to the principles of engineering. Synthetic biology has the potential to be used for a … Read More
May 27, 2010
Looking at nanotech through the lens of religion
Scientific advances and religious beliefs have clashed repeatedly in recent years over issues such as stem cell research and evolution. As nanotechnology becomes a greater part of Americans’ daily lives, researchers have asked whether it will face similar opposition. Experts … Read More
May 27, 2010
New Issue of Nature is Now Available
Nature (Volume 465, Number 7295, May 13, 2010) is now available by subscription only. Articles Include: “Scientists’ Turn to Win Votes,” 135. “Science Subpoenaed,” 135. “Advising the Adviser,” 136. “Synthetic Biology: Search and Destroy,” 138. “Neuroscience: Ageing on the Brain,” … Read More
May 25, 2010
Molly Stevens: Getting the body to grow its own spare parts
The human body has tremendous capacity to repair itself after disease or injury. Skin will grow over wounds, while cells in our blood supply are constantly being manufactured in our bone marrow. But there is a limit to the body’s … Read More
May 24, 2010
How safe is nanotechnology?
Last week in Parliament the Prime Minister was heard calling for more graduates in nanotechnology. At the same time, former University rector Fr Peter Serracino Inglott warned of ethical questions surrounding a “nanotechnology buzz”. (Time of Malta)
May 19, 2010
How microscopic robots may one day save your life
Nanotech research into bio-tech applications has been on the upswing the past several years, and now a team of research scientists has announced another new breakthrough. The team succeeded in constructing nano robots from the molecules that compose DNA. These … Read More
May 19, 2010
Regulating Nanotech with Nanotechnology Ethics
The promises that nanotechnology brings to mankind is so huge that there are some sectors who fear that if its applications are not properly regulated, it can bring harm to mankind instead of the good it is projected to give … Read More
May 3, 2010
DNA construction kit for nanoengines
There is fresh buzz in nanomechanics. Scientists at the University of Bonn have succeeded for the first time in making, out of DNA double stands, an interlocked molecule (rotaxane) with freely moveable components. As the researchers wrote in the latest … Read More
March 30, 2010
Nanotechnology’s small wonders opening new frontiers
When the University of Massachusetts Lowell launched its nanotechnology center six years ago, scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs were dreaming big dreams about small things, like miniature generators to replace batteries and microscopic robots to repair human tissues. (The Boston Globe)
March 22, 2010
Nanotech robots deliver gene therapy through blood
U.S. researchers have developed tiny nanoparticle robots that can travel through a patient’s blood and into tumors where they deliver a therapy that turns off an important cancer gene. (Reuters)
March 18, 2010
Future bio-nanotechnology will use computer chips inside living cells
Continuing miniaturization has moved the semiconductor industry well into the nano realm with leading chip manufacturers on their way to CMOS using 22nm process technology. With transistors the size of tens of nanometers, researchers have begun to explore the interface … Read More
March 12, 2010
BioSecurity: How synthetic biology is changing the way we look at biology and biological threats
Synthetic biology is ushering in a new era of biology that is no longer contained within the walls of laboratories in universities and private companies. This movement is known as do-it-yourself bio (DIYbio) and has been compared with models familiar … Read More
March 8, 2010
New Issue of Studies in Ethics, Law, and Technology is Now Available
Studies in Ethics, Law, and Technology (Volume 3, Issue 3, 2009) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “Nanotechnologies and Equal Access to Healthcare” by Eduardo Missoni and Guglielmo Foffani. “The Impact of Nanomedicine Development on North-South Equity and … Read More
March 5, 2010
New Frontiers: The Nanoscience/Neuroscience Intersection
Is it possible to build supercomputers that can replicate the human brain, or to develop nanotechnology that can lead to an implantable chip for interfacing with neurons and other types of cellular networks? (Newswise)
January 17, 2010
New Issue of NanoEthics is Now Available
NanoEthics (Volume 3, Number 3, December 2009) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “Moral Imagination, Trading Zones, and the Role of the Ethicist in Nanotechnology” by Michael E. Gorman, Patricia H. Werhane, and Nathan Swami; 185-195. “The Mind … Read More
January 17, 2010
New Issue of The Journal of Law, Medicine, & Ethics is Now Available
The Journal of Law, Medicine, & Ethics (Volume 37, Issue 4, Winter 2009) is now available by subscription only. Articles include: “Commentary: Emerging Technologies Oversight: Research, Regulation, and Commercialization” by Robbin Johnson, 587-593. “Evaluating Oversight of Human Drugs and Medical … Read More
