Iran Regional Leader for Nanotechnology

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	Iran Regional Leader for Nanotechnology Summary posted by Meridian on 7/21/2009 Source: Turkish Weekly Author: n/a The Islamic Republic of Iran holds first place for nanotechnology in the region, according to Iranian official representatives. The representatives also said that Iran would enter the 10 leading world countries for nanotechnology by 2015, up from 57th place in the world in 2004. Said Sarkar, head of the Iranian Nanotechnology Initiative, said "[W]hen the nanotechnology head-quarters (in Iran) were established in 2004, we held 57-th place in the world. Our goal is to enter the 15 leading countries in this scientific sphere in 2015." He added that the major goal for Iran is for the country to profit and flourish financially with the help of nanotechnology. "We held 19-th place among world countries in this sphere in 2008. But we hold 16-th place in the world and 1st in the region in 2009...At present, there are 20 companies already operating and 50 new companies which are developing nanotechnology in Iran," Sarkar said. The article can be viewed online at the link below. The original article may still be available at www.turkishweekly.net/news/84677/-iran-regional-leader-for-nanotechnolo... As tagged by Meridian Institute: Implications: Governance, Economic Competitiveness Regions: Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) Stakeholders: Government, Academia Related Forums: Economic Competitiveness Governance 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.