Have you noticed the trend in the nanotech debate lately to respond to the latest hot topic at the expense of more long-term concerns? The latest bandwagon seems to be risk, perhaps because the...

Talk about a product that can do it all . . . A chemist at Washington University in St. Louis has developed a remarkable nanostructured material that can repel pests, sweeten the air, and some day...

Nanowerk today launched nanoRISK, a bimonthly print newsletter and companion website. The first issue, available free, looks like a very sensible and informative venue for nanotech debate and...

Consolidated Ecoprogress Technology Inc. has signed an agreement to license certain nanotechnology products for application in the Flushaway brand feminine hygiene products from QuarTek Corporation,...

One of the hottest topics in nanotechnology right now is the need for regulation. But in order to regulate nanotech products you have to begin by defining which products really contain anything nano....

With the conference, "Nanotechnology Oversight and Risk: It's Your Business!" coming up June 12 at Stanford University, you have to wonder if we're not starting to see too much of a...

The Experimedia Center at the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia will be the site of "Questions for the Future: Ethics, Nanotechnology and Design" on July 13. The conference...

An article entitled Science's Tiny, Big Unknown in yesterday's L.A. Times proves what many nanotech advocates have feared: the recall of Magic Nano bathroom cleanser, which caused respiratory...

Two fascinating meetings last week addressed the interconnections between nanotechnology and synthetic biotechnology, the Second International Meeting on Synthetic Biology (SB2.0) in Berkeley, and...