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Monthly Archives: June 2010

National leaders sound off on emerging nanotechnology regulation

Skip Lockard tackles emerging issues with three of the nation’s leading thinkers on nanotechnology regulation. Regulatory interest in evaluating nanotechnology’s potential health and environmental risks has grown, at multiple levels, in parallel with the expanding commercialization of nanotechnology-related products and processes in recent years. In 2008, for example, EPA’s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics launched its well-publicized Nanoscale Materials ... Read More »

Nanotechnology as Career

Nanotechnology – the science of the miniature, and the technology of the future – is one of the most exciting and wide area of research which may lead to the greatest technological advances of the 21st century. It is a global phenomenon and an emerging field, that finds its way into a myriad of industrial applications spanning across all areas ... Read More »

Nanotechnology as Career

Nanotechnology – the science of the miniature, and the technology of the future – is one of the most exciting and wide area of research which may lead to the greatest technological advances of the 21st century. It is a global phenomenon and an emerging field, that finds its way into a myriad of industrial applications spanning across all areas ... Read More »

Quantum Dots and Nanotechnology Cloak Military Targets From Laser Guided Weapons

Science Applications International Corporation ((SAIC) San Diego, CA) received U.S. Patent 7,742,170 for a nanotechnology method and system for countering laser technology.  The systems use nanocomponent material that is tailored to cloak or obscure a target from detection by transmitted laser radiation. The nanodot material absorbs and/or down-converts the transmitted laser radiation. SAIC Inventors Scott Earl McNeil,  Martin Joseph Fritts, Roy Reed Heddleston ... Read More »

Nanotechnology

Report Title: Nanotechnology Report ID: 444 Date: 2/20/2009 Report Type: Webpage URL: [index.cfm] Country: United States of America Organization: California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) Summary: The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC)’s website contains a summary of nanotechnology, the DTSC’s reasons for its interest in nanotechnology safety, and current events in California nanotechnology regulation. Previously (see report ... Read More »

Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes

Proposed Rule URL: [eAgendaViewRule] Country: United States of America Organization: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Summary: In its Spring 2009 Regulatory Agenda, the EPA announced that it may create a Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) section 4(a) test rule to determine the health effects of multiwall carbon nanotubes. Such a rule would require manufacturers of multiwall carbon nanotubes to perform health ... Read More »

Nanomedicine Conference:“Business Development & Successful Nanotechnology Practice” July 1st

This conference will take a look at the emerging & commercial applications of Nanomedicine which have a great potential for significant development. We will discuss advanced & revolutionized aspects of medical practice & product development. Conference will examine the latest economic growth catalyzing business development & successful Nanotechnology practice to meet the industry needs. We will engage in the latest ... Read More »