According to a report released by the National Research Council (NRC), human and environmental safeties of nanomaterials remain uncertain despite the spending of billions of dollars in nanotechnology research and development over the past ten years.
Read the Rest...WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Studying the potential health hazards of nanotechnology will require an additional $24 million a year to close the knowledge gap about the tiny particles used in a fast-growing array of consumer products, the National Research Council (NRC) said on Wednesday. A new federal oversight agency is also required to integrate research by private business, universities and …
Read the Rest...Approximately 20 months after the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology’s (PCAST) biennial review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) in which it offered some suggestions on how to improve the US’s competitiveness in nanotechnology, the various representatives of the NNI provided their response.
Read the Rest...Bangalore, Dec 8 : Noted scientist and Chairman of Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister Prof C N R Rao today took exception to Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda not taking part in the inaugural session of the 4th Bangalore Nano, an International Event on Nanotechnology saying that the dignitary should not have missed such an important event.
Read the Rest...TEHRAN, July 11 (Bernama) — The Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council (INIC) will display a number of achievements in area of nanotechnology at an international exhibition, which will be held here on July 14-16, Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency (FNA) reported.
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