May 22, 2019
(The Conversation) – One nanometre is one billionth of a metre. Chemical and physical interactions at the nanoscale are way smaller than our eyes can see. Medicines, tiny sensors, fast computers and food science are all ways we can put … Read More
May 3, 2019
(Science) – Car crashes, battle wounds, and surgeries can leave people with gaping holes in soft tissue that are often too large for their bodies to repair. Now, researchers have developed a nanofiber-reinforced injectable gel that can rebuild missing muscle … Read More
April 30, 2019
(STAT News) – A new device could offer an effective way of diagnosing myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome. People with the disease experience symptoms such as fatigue, sleep abnormalities, and pain, but it’s been notoriously hard to … Read More
February 6, 2019
(UPI) – The most common sexually transmitted disease in the world may have finally met its match, as researchers say they developed a treatment to prevent chlamydia. Researchers report in a study published this week in the journal Scientific Reports … Read More
January 21, 2019
Science and Public Policy (vol. 45, no. 5, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “The Role of Emerging Technologies in Inclusive Innovation: The Case of Nanotechnology in South Africa” by Matthew Harsh et al. “A Recent Crisis … Read More
October 3, 2018
NanoEthics (vol. 12, no. 2, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Models of Public Engagement: Nanoscientists’ Understandings of Science–Society Interactions” by Regula Valérie Burri “Assembling Upstream Engagement: the Case of the Portuguese Deliberative Forum on Nanotechnologies” by António Carvalho and João Arriscado Nunes … Read More
May 30, 2018
(The Conversation) – In case you missed it, Elon Musk called BS on the field of nanotechnology last week. The ensuing Twitter spat was admittedly rather small on the grand scale of things. But it did throw up an important … Read More
April 18, 2018
(BBC) – With advances in stem cell research and nanotechnology helping us fight illnesses from heart disease to superbugs, is the fusion of biology and technology speeding us towards a sci-fi future – part human, part synthetic? In Ridley Scott’s … Read More
March 21, 2018
NanoEthics (vol. 12, no. 1, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Nanotechnology and Risk Governance in the European Union: the Constitution of Safety in Highly Promoted and Contested Innovation Areas” by Hannot Rodríguez “Governing with Ignorance: Understanding the Australian … Read More
March 6, 2018
Public Understand of Science (vol. 27, no. 2, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “The Disengaged in Science Communication: How Not to Count Audiences and Publics” by Maureen Burns and Fabien Medvecky “Nanotechnology Is Like … The … Read More
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