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Nanotechnology & Development News

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Available via e-mail, online and RSS News Feed, Nanotechnology and Development News is a free daily news service covering the most important global developments at the nexus of nanotechnology, poverty alleviation, and the role of science and technology in development.

 

Nanotechnology and Development News provides succinct summaries of the most pertinent news stories, op-eds, journal articles, and reports on scientific innovations and technological applications; policy issues; risk-related information; intellectual property rights and access to data; technology transfer and capacity building; global and regional networks; and economic development.

 

Nanotechnology and Development News draws information from a diverse range of sources including peer-reviewed journals, international news wires, and a variety of publications form industry, government, and NGOs.

 

Nanotechnology and Development News is an example of the tools and strategies developed by Meridian Institute to help people solve problems and make informed decisions. Support for Nanotechnology and Development News is provided by the US Agency for International Development.

 

Information and Resources

Nanotechnology, Commodities and Development

This page provides information and documents regarding the International Workshop on Nanotechnology, Commodities and Development that Meridian Institute convened in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in May 2007.

Nanotechnology, Water and Development

This page provides information and documents regarding the International Workshop on Nanotechnology, Water and Development that Meridian Institute convened in Chennai, India in October 2006.

Nanotechnology and the Poor: Opportunities and Risks - Closing the Gaps Within and Between Sectors of Society – (Report available with graphics and without graphics)

This page provides links to a report that Meridian Institute released in January 2005 to raise awareness about the implications of nanotechnology, including both potential opportunities and risks, for poor people.

Nanotechnology and Development News

  • New Stanford Nanoscavengers Could Usher in Next Generation Water Purification

    Stanford University (15 May 2013) (5/16/2013)

    Environmental engineers have long sought to disinfect, de-pollute and desalinate contaminated water using nanoscale particles of silver and titanium dioxide. These “nanoscavengers,” while effective, ... more

  • Making Gold Green: New Non-Toxic Method for Mining Gold

    Northwestern University (14 May 2013) (5/16/2013)

    Scientists at Northwestern University, United States, have discovered an inexpensive and environmentally benign method to isolate gold from raw materials in a selective manner. Current extraction met... more

  • Energy-Storing Nanomaterial Made From Hemp

    Chemical & Engineering News (15 May 2013) (5/16/2013)

    Graphene is considered a potential wonder material for eventual use in batteries, solar cells, transparent electrodes, and many other electronic gadgets, but the material is still expensive to make. ... more

  • Catalyst Keeps Fruit Fresh Longer

    Phys.org (13 May 2013) (5/14/2013)

    Researchers at Hokkaido University, Japan, have found that platinum nanoparticles are effective catalysts for the fast and complete degradation of ethylene. Ethylene, which works as a plant hormone, ... more

  • Charting Europe's Nanotechnology 'Roadmap'

    European Commission (9 May 2013) (5/14/2013)

    NANOfutures, set up in 2010, is a European Union (EU) funded project to bring together industry, research institutions and universities, NGOs, financial institutions, civil society and policymakers at... more

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