As per a report from the independent National Research Council, there are some health, environmental and safety risks posed by the usage of nanotechnology. The report stated that since there the particles were of small size therefore the substances...
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Britain's Prince Andrew has a different opinion from his older brother on nanotechnology. He believes that nanotechnology presents a sound business opportunity.
Prince Andrew said:
Innovation in nanotechnology holds great promise, not only...
In order to see Texas grow rapidly in the field of nanotechnology, the state of Texas has committed $21.5 million for this purpose. This would help in creating a research center based at the University of Texas at Austin. Called as the Southwest...
A series of activities have been launched by Taiwan Nano-X 2006 for displaying Taiwan's efforts in nanotechnology. A number of international and domestic companies, MNCs, researchers and scientists would be participating in it. The event which would...
India's Minister for Science and Technology Kapil Sibal stated that nanotechnology could help the country in coming up with better and cheaper products but in order to make that possible they lacked sufficient funds for its development.
He further...
As per a report released by Scienceline, researchers around the world are trying to find out whether nanotechnology could be used for purifying public water supplies. It is being said that nanotechnology water purification methods would become critical...
The U.K. government has launched a programme under which U.K. food manufacturers are being asked to provide information in any nanotechnology project they are working upon.
This is being done by the government in order to figure out the risks posed...
Alarm bells for U.S as China is rapidly making advancements in the field of nanotechnology and U.S. should keep a tab on the developments of China. China is one of the countries which is trying to gain an edge over states in the nanotechnology sector....
There is no clear strategy for examination of the possible health, environmental and safety risks posed by nanotechnology and this is creating problems in the successful development of technology which has the potential in the field of energy and...
Even though U.S. continues to be the leader in the field of nanotechnology in the world but still the effect of the government's multibillion dollar investment in the sector could not be measured. It has been found out that very little money is being...
Scientists and Engineers at Oceanit have developed a nano surfboard using nanotechnology. This is tougher, lighter and more ding resistant board. As of now the Nano Board is in the testing phase. The company has designed the board keeping in mind the...
Malaysia would be upgrading its six existing nanotechnology centers in order to attract the best scientists locally and abroad. This is being done under the National Nanotechnology Initiative and under this initiative up gradation of these centres...
There are increasing concerns of potential health hazards posed by products of nanotechnology. Defra has come forward in an initiative to work towards the probable risks posed by the products of nanotechnology. The Voluntary Reporting Scheme has asked...
Engineers now get an additional option to cheer about. IPEI has come up with EngineeringCareerSecrets.com. The site is an in depth engineering site that explores new and lucrative careers in nanotechnology for engineers. The site features a complete...
Nanotechnology is definitely the technology of the future. It has great potential in fields like new medical treatment, sustainable energy and the obvious 21st century jobs. All these are being put into jeopardy by the lack of a clear federal strategy...
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