By Porter Wright on In September of this year Hart Research Associates conducted a national survey and held focus groups to determine levels of public awareness of nanotechnology and synthetic biology, both supported by and on behalf of the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies of the Woodrow Wilson Research Center in DC. The results of the survey, "Nanotechnology, Synthetic Biology … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on It’s almost a bit of a cliche now to say that nanotechnology is a growth field, ever expanding it’s presence in government, academia and business. With the release yesterday by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) of an updated version of the Nano Metro Map, we can see that there is a good deal of … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on How to regulate nanomaterials, nanotechnologies, and nanoindustries has become and will continue to be for the foreseeable future a major focus of US and European regulatory agencies, legislatures on local and national levels and of NGOs. This Fall in London, from 10-11 September, US and European regulators and researchers from NGOs such as the Woodrow Wilson … Continue Reading
