DNA, Nanotechnology to Guide Plant Breeding

Understanding Public Debate on Nanotechnologies: Options for Framing Public Policy -- The Innovation Society (2/8/2010) The Governance and Ethics Unit of the Directorate General for Research (DG Research) of the European Commission (EC) has published an overview paper on options for framing public policy on nanotechnologies. [More]

UN Patent Filings Dropped for 1st Time Since 1978 -- ABC news (2/8/2010) The United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), an entity through which a company can, for a fee, file a request for patent protection in any or all of the 142 countries that have subscribed to the U.N.'s Patent Cooperation Treaty, reported that the number of international patent filings dropped last year for the first time since 1978. [More]

TECHNOLOGY: Science Panel Probes Renewable Energy's Current Use of China's Rare Metals -- Environment & Energy Daily (2/8/2010) A United States House of Representatives Science and Technology subcommittee this week will hold a hearing on rare earth mineral production and the resource's role in the growing clean energy industry. [More]

Nanofood for Thought -- Nature Nanotechnology (2/5/2010) This editorial, in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, is in response to the recent report, "Nanotechnologies and Food", released in January by the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, United Kingdom, that criticized the food industry for failing to be transparent about its research into the uses of nanotechnologies and nanomaterials. [More]

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our team contact us site map	DNA, Nanotechnology to Guide Plant Breeding Summary posted by Meridian on 4/30/2009 Source: The Packer Author: Don Schrack The article reports on a workshop held during the United Fresh 2009 Conference held recently in Las Vegas, Nevada. Luis Cisneros-Zevallos, a faculty member in the department of horticulture sciences at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, told participants that nanotechnology could greatly improve food safety for fresh produce. Cautioning that the application of this technology is years away, he suggested that nanotechnology could help rid fresh produce of pathogens, even on the rougher surfaces of foods such as cantaloupes, by developing nano-droplets that can make their way to hidden pathogens. Cisneros-Zevallos said that nanotechnology could also be used to improve the packaging of fresh produce, through the development of better barriers to oxygen, and pathogen-detecting films containing embedded sensors that would change color when pathogens were detected. The article can be viewed online at the link below. The original article may still be available at thepacker.com/DNA--nanotechnology-to-guide-plant-breeding/Article.aspx?... As tagged by Meridian Institute: Implications: Human Enhancement Nanomaterials: Metal Nanoparticle, Naturally Occurring Regions: North America Stakeholders: Industry, Academia Food And Agriculture: Food, Sensors, Packaging Related Forums: Food and Agriculture print format	NDN Home Subscribe Manage Subscription Search News Archives Understanding Public Debate on Nanotechnologies: Options for Framing Public Policy -- The Innovation Society (2/8/2010) The Governance and Ethics Unit of the Directorate General for Research (DG Research) of the European Commission (EC) has published an overview paper on options for framing public policy on nanotechnologies. [More] UN Patent Filings Dropped for 1st Time Since 1978 -- ABC news (2/8/2010) The United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), an entity through which a company can, for a fee, file a request for patent protection in any or all of the 142 countries that have subscribed to the U.N.'s Patent Cooperation Treaty, reported that the number of international patent filings dropped last year for the first time since 1978. [More] TECHNOLOGY: Science Panel Probes Renewable Energy's Current Use of China's Rare Metals -- Environment & Energy Daily (2/8/2010) A United States House of Representatives Science and Technology subcommittee this week will hold a hearing on rare earth mineral production and the resource's role in the growing clean energy industry. [More] Nanofood for Thought -- Nature Nanotechnology (2/5/2010) This editorial, in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, is in response to the recent report, "Nanotechnologies and Food", released in January by the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, United Kingdom, that criticized the food industry for failing to be transparent about its research into the uses of nanotechnologies and nanomaterials. [More] More News... Learn how to include these headlines on your own website by clicking here. Please email us if you require text-only versions of the daily emails.