Sentences with phrase «emerging nanotechnologies»

«Every technology ever developed... has had some sort of adverse consequences, and sometimes they've been serious, sometimes not... It's unprecedented and would defy common sense if there weren't some problem somewhere,» said J. Clarence Davies, a senior adviser to the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN), who takes a more pessimistic approach to nanotechnology's potential.

The report is based on discussions among 27 international nanotechnology and LCA experts from a two - day workshop held in October 2006, and is being simultaneously released by the European Commission (EC) and the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, an initiative of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and The Pew Charitable Trusts.

«There is often a misconception that nanoscale production will necessarily be green and clean,» says David Rejeski, director of the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN), which helped support the production of this special issue.

Dr. Kuiken also managed the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, also at the Woodrow Wilson Center, where he focused on public policy and the environmental health and safety aspects of nanotechnology.

Dr. Todd Kuiken is a research associate for the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars.

The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies and National Science Foundation will host the Washington, DC, premiere event for the television series «Nanotechnology: The Power of Small» on Wednesday evening, April 2.

«There is no doubt that nanotechnology has the potential to make the world a better place,» said Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies Chief Scientist Andrew Maynard.

This is a very early announcement of an upcoming Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies webcast on April 28, 2010.

The Wilson Center's Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies manages a similar inventory (http://www.nanotechproject.org/cpi/) tracking the use of nanoscale materials in consumer products.

A new review article appearing in Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) co-authored by Dr. Todd Kuiken, a research associate for the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN), focuses on the use of nanomaterials for environmental cleanup.

«It shows we haven't been out on a limb for the last few years,» says Andrew Maynard, chief scientist at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars» Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies in Washington, D.C. Maynard has long criticized coordination of EHS research under NNI, and he was also a member of the NRC panel that wrote today's report.

Those are things we know we need answers to and don't have answers to,» says physicist Andrew Maynard, chief science advisor to the Wilson Center's project on emerging nanotechnologies.

More than 200 consumer products around the world are described as nanotech - based, according to the Woodrow Wilson Center's Project for Emerging Nanotechnologies.

There are still many questions that need to be answered about toxicity of silver nanoparticles, said Kuiken at the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies.

The number of products — including sunscreens, paints, vitamins, food additives, electronics, vehicles and appliances — that use nanomaterials has increased almost 380 percent since 2006, according to the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, a Washington, D.C. - based non-profit group that tracks nanotechnology.

Consumers can learn more about which products contain nanoparticles by visiting the Web site for The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies.)

«The silver that went into wastewaters when millions of people had their photographs developed taught us that small additions of silver to the environment make a big difference,» said Dr. Samuel Luoma, a former U.S. Geological Survey senior researcher who was lead author of a report by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies.

They are now used in 259 products on the market today, according to the Project for Emerging Nanotechnologies.

In his first few years as a principal investigator (PI), working with stem cells and emerging nanotechnologies to develop nanomedicines, Ferreira was able to make do by licensing some of his technologies and securing industry funding and Portuguese government grants.

That issue is closer to resolution, thanks to a new generation of light, high - strength materials being developed in the emerging nanotechnology field.

Fort Schuyler awarded contracts related to the Buffalo Billion and the Central New York Hub for Emerging Nanotechnology, commonly called the film hub, in DeWitt.

Not exact matches

Rob Tyler has dedicated the past 17 years to helping entrepreneurs grow emerging technology companies in a variety of industries, including information technology, life sciences, medical devices, healthcare, nanotechnology, and advanced materials.

But in Beyond Human: How Cutting - Edge Science Is Extending Our Lives (Thomas Dunne Books, 2016; 304 pages), science writer Eve Herold goes a step further and examines medical innovations emerging in robotics, genetics and nanotechnology that promise to enhance our bodies and minds.

These first - class addresses for biotechnology and nanotechnology are easily spotted, but the emerging field of nanobiotechnology is still in its infancy, and the most promising developments are more difficult to locate.

«Test uses nanotechnology to quickly diagnose Zika virus: May be possible to use approach with other emerging infectious diseases.»

In a monotone that seemed to have trouble keeping up with the pace of his thoughts, Joy laid out a cautionary tale of futuristic technologies emerging at the interface of genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and robotics that threaten our very existence.

«Economies of scale have greatly reduced the cost of silicon manufacturing,» said Professor Ted Sargent, an expert in emerging solar technologies and the Canada Research Chair in Nanotechnology.

Andrew Maynard co-chairs the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Nanotechnology, and is a member of the WEF Meta - Council on Emerging Technologies.

Other Institutions also belong to the Campus: the University of Milan; Cogentech, an IFOM - IEO consortium committed to developing leading genomic technologies (nanotechnologies, proteomics, bioinformatics, disease models), the European School of Molecular Medicine (SEMM), that organizes training in emerging sectors of Biomedicine, offering the first European PhDs in Molecular Medicine, Medical Nanotechnologies, Foundations of the Life Sciences and their Ethical Consequences; Genextra, a biotech company whose mission is to develop new therapies against cancer and aging - related disease; Biopolo, a not for profit company involved in the technological transfer of basic research to the prnanotechnologies, proteomics, bioinformatics, disease models), the European School of Molecular Medicine (SEMM), that organizes training in emerging sectors of Biomedicine, offering the first European PhDs in Molecular Medicine, Medical Nanotechnologies, Foundations of the Life Sciences and their Ethical Consequences; Genextra, a biotech company whose mission is to develop new therapies against cancer and aging - related disease; Biopolo, a not for profit company involved in the technological transfer of basic research to the prNanotechnologies, Foundations of the Life Sciences and their Ethical Consequences; Genextra, a biotech company whose mission is to develop new therapies against cancer and aging - related disease; Biopolo, a not for profit company involved in the technological transfer of basic research to the productive system.

Nanotechnology is a group of emerging technologies in which the structure of matter is controlled at the nanometer scale, the scale of small numbers of atoms, to produce novel materials and devices that have useful and unique properties.

With nanotechnology, an emerging field of science with unknown risks, this practice is continuing, a landmark study has found.

Experts from industry, academia, and the Federal Government, as well as the general public, take part in these meetings and workshops to probe the state of the science in nanotechnology research and to identify gaps and emerging trends in nanotechnology - related research.

Nanomedicine, a leading MEDLINE - indexed journal, has published a special focus issue highlighting the interdisciplinary nature of this emerging field, which explores the medical application of nanotechnology to monitor, repair, and control human biological systems at the molecular level.

This webinar focused on the insurance industry and the challenges of underwriting nanotechnology and other emerging technologies.

Recent action in Congress to reauthorize the U.S. federal nanotechnology research program offers the chance to address the social and ethical issues concerning the emerging scientific field, experts say.

Most up - to - date emerging aspects of nanobiomaterials and their applications in the field of nanotechnology.

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