Archive for the ‘Legislative and Regulatory’ Category
Friday, August 8th, 2008
Recently congressmen Dan Lipinski and Todd Akin introduced H.R. 6661 to establish an award program for innovations in nanotechnology. While government investment in nanotechnology is nothing new in the form of grants, this type of award seems more result-oriented as opposed to an investment in basic research and is similar to Senator John McCain's call ...
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
In this recent news item the Supreme Court has asked the Bush administration to weigh in on whether universities should be immune to patent infringement lawsuits based on the 11th amendment to the Constitution, which gives states immunity with respect to federal lawsuits. This issue is particularly important to state universities such as the ...
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Friday, March 21st, 2008
In addition to what was reported in an earlier post: "Nanotechnology is an exciting new field with the potential to transform environmental protection. But it is critical to know whether nanomaterials could negatively impact health or the environment," said George Gray, Assistant Administrator of EPA's Office of Research and ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
A recent publication by Professor Hongjie Dai's research team of Stanford's department of Chemistry shows promise for the use of carbon nanotubes in biomedical applications. In their study, Dai's group reports that after injecting mice with single-walled carbon nanotubes, "near-complete clearance [of the nanotubes] from the main organs in ...
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Friday, March 14th, 2008
Green chemistry has attracted a lot of attention in the past few years as a possible solution to the environmental uncertainties that have surrounded certain areas of nanotechnology. Science News provided a helpful overview of the environmental concerns about nanotechnology in an article last week. Although green chemistry is ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
You know something is in the works when the government starts name-dropping new acronyms. Ever heard of SEBML? Don't know what SEBML stands for? Well you're in luck! The National Science Foundation (which of course is well known by its own acronym: NSF) has included a request ...
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