Today, Mike Honda (D-San Jose) introduced HR 3235, the Nanotechnology Advancement and New Opportunities (NANO) Act, comprehensive legislation for nanotech development in the US. Mike Honda has been a...
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In the UK, the primary agency responsible for doling out grant money to nanotechnologists is the EPSRC, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. Not wanting to fall behind in...
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Those of us hoping to hear the word nanotechnology in the president's 2007 state of the union address, as we did for the first time in 2006, were disappointed. Nanotech was not addressed as the...
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Governor Schwarzenegger is proposing nearly $95 million in the California state budget to create the Governor's Research and Innovation Initiative. This initiative provides funding for major...
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If the bullet-proof t-shirt in our last post doesn't do it for you, how about the superhuman exoskeleton being developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). They've...
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Israel has reportedly become the first nation to publicly acknowledge plans to develop an arsenal of nanotechnology weapons. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, potential weapons include tiny...
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Today the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations laid out the State of Food Insecurity in the World with a press conference in Rome, and the news wasn't good. "Far...
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Dr. Mihail Roco is Chair of the U.S. National Science and Technology Council's subcommittee on Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology. He's also the individual most responsible for the...
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has sent letters to more than 500 organizations and individuals asking them to help design and develop a stewardship program that will help the agency better...
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"We saw labs today full to the rafters with scientists and machinery." That's the message US Department of Commerce undersecretary for technology Robert Cresanti sent back from his trip...
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Professor David Berube at NanoHype offers a very nice post on the Supplement to the President's FY 2007 budget, which defines government nanotech funding for the coming year. Berube has plowed...
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The US House of Representatives has approved full funding of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) as part of the FY 2007 budget. "NSF has been the lead agency for the national...
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The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) have released a final report titled "2005 NCMS Survey of Nanotechnology in the U.S. Manufacturing...
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Germany's food safety risk assessment agency has commissioned a study on the potential health effects of nanotechnologies used in food, cosmetics and other everyday items, according to a report...
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In a move that could have repercussions for nanotech industries, the Free New Mexican reports that a bill forbidding states from labeling food products unless the federal government allows it has...
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Last week, advocates were busy on Capitol Hill promoting the benefits of nanotechnology, including its role in drug and explosive detection. So it's no surprise that Sense Holdings, a developer...
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Nanotech was the talk of the town in Washington again today as the US Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on "Developments in Nanotechnology." Among the witnesses was Dr. J. Clarence...
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It was a busy day for nanotech under the Capitol dome in Washington DC today as the NanoBusiness Alliance kicked off two days of meetings with top government officials and the president of Altair...
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The $2.77 trillion budget President Bush has submitted to Congress for fiscal year 2007 includes a big chunk of change for nanotech research. It includes $6.02 billion for the National Science...
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For the first time, nanotechnology has been included in a State of the Union Address. In his State of the Union Address, President Bush proposed to double Federal funding for nanotechnology and...
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SF Gate, the online version of the San Francisco Chronicle, recently asked its readers, " Should the state plow billions into the nanotechnology vision? " Here are the results: -- Yes. The...
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With the new possibilities that nanotechnology brings come new challenges like regulation and oversight. Currently, no single agency is responsible for regulating nanotech development or approving...
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