Project News
- November 27, 2006 Have Yourself A Merry “Nano” Christmas!
- November 16, 2006 Spectre of Possible Harm Threatens Nanotech Development, Experts Say
- November 16, 2006 Congressmen and Former EPA Administrator Release Statements in Support of Nature Paper Several high profile statements were released today in response to the publication of the “Safe Handling of Nanotechnology” published in the November 16 issue of Nature. See below for excerpts and links to the complete statements. video
- October 23, 2006 Nanotechnology: Next Big Thing, or Much Ado About Nothing?
- October 10, 2006 Nanotech Knocks on FDA’s Door “Thanks to the promise of nanotechnology, people will benefit from fantastic new prescription drugs and from better ways of getting existing pharmaceuticals into the body for more effective disease treatments. But new nano-enabled drugs and medical devices also place new burdens on an oversight agency that is already stretched extremely thin,” said Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies Director David Rejeski in a presentation today at the Food and Drug Administration’s first major public meeting on regulating products containing nanotechnology materials. video
- October 6, 2006 Comments Submitted to UK Council on Science & Technology
- October 6, 2006 Project Comments Submitted to FDA in Advance of Public Hearing
- October 5, 2006 Nanotechnology: Sold in a Store Near You!
- October 5, 2006 Is FDA Nanotech-Ready? A new report released today, Regulating the Products of Nanotechnology: Does FDA Have the Tools It Needs? by Michael Taylor, a former Deputy Commissioner for Policy at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), examines the agency’s capacity to properly regulate new products containing nanotechnology materials—including food, drugs, medical devices, dietary supplements and cosmetics. video audio
- September 21, 2006 Nanotechnology Development Suffers from Lack of Risk Research Plan, Inadequate Funding & Leadership The successful development of nanotechnology—with its potential to help provide new medical treatments, sustainable energy, and 21st century jobs—is being jeopardized by the lack of a clear federal strategy for examining possible environmental, health and safety risks and by inadequate funding for this work. video
- September 20, 2006 Congressional Hearing on Nanotechnology
- September 19, 2006 Public Awareness of Nano Grows - Majority Remain Unaware Research findings released today from the first major national poll on nanotechnology in more than two years indicate that while more Americans are now aware of the emerging science, the majority of the public still has heard little to nothing about it. The poll also finds that the public looks to the federal government and independent parties to oversee nanotechnology research and development. These results, according to experts, necessitate increased education and stronger oversight as a means to increase public confidence in nanotechnology. video
- September 7, 2006 New Report on Nanotechnology in Agriculture and Food
- September 6, 2006 Nanotechnology Can Be Child’s Play “Hands-on” Learning Activity for Science Invisible to the Naked Eye video
- July 19, 2006 Intel Congratulates Wilson Center on Publication of New Nano Report
