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Monthly Archives: June 2010

House Bill Would Reauthorize NNI

On May 28, 2010, the House passed, by a vote of 262-150, the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (H.R. 5116), which would authorize funding for the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), as well as the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science activities. The bill includes language from H.R. ... Read More »

Taking the NanoPulse — Toxic Substance Meets Poison Thinking

New toxics legislation aims for safe. But is it sound? In April, the Safe Chemicals bills were introduced into the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, designed to oveahaul the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act, or TSCA. This is probably old news to most of you. Since your business has probably been laboring under the regulations of the Environmental Protection ... Read More »

Taking the NanoPulse — Toxic Substance Meets Poison Thinking

New toxics legislation aims for safe. But is it sound? In April, the Safe Chemicals bills were introduced into the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, designed to oveahaul the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act, or TSCA. This is probably old news to most of you. Since your business has probably been laboring under the regulations of the Environmental Protection ... Read More »

Earn graduate credit for professional development

Nanoscience is defined as the study of the fundamental principles of matter (molecules, or structures) with at least one dimension between 1 and 100 nm, in the nanoscale.  Nanotechnology is defined as the application of nanoscale material to make useful devices. Would you like to learn more about nanoscience and nanotechnology? Would you like to incorporate these cutting-edge topics into ... Read More »

Nanotechnology for Oil Spill Cleanups

Oil spills are a serious threat to the environment. The marine ecosystem, in particular, takes a serious pounding because of them. Several approaches have been used so far to deal with oil spill cleanups. The latest in the list is nanotechnology, which deals with structures of the size of 100 nanometers or smaller. The idea of using a nano sponge ... Read More »

Nanofutures – the future of Nanotechnology IP?

It’s been a couple of interesting days in Oviedo, Spain, at the first Nanofutures conference launching the European Technology Integration and Innovation Platform (ETIP) in Nanotechnology. The ETIP is designed to be Europe’s forum for research and commercialisation of nanotech products and the conference was well attended by a number of European Commission officials and Spanish politicians. Indeed it was ... Read More »

Nanofutures – the future of Nanotechnology IP?

It’s been a couple of interesting days in Oviedo, Spain, at the first Nanofutures conference launching the European Technology Integration and Innovation Platform (ETIP) in Nanotechnology. The ETIP is designed to be Europe’s forum for research and commercialisation of nanotech products and the conference was well attended by a number of European Commission officials and Spanish politicians. Indeed it was ... Read More »