UK Government Publishes Nanotechnologies Strategy
Summary posted by Meridian on 3/19/2010
Source: United Kingdom Department for Business Innovation and Skills
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The United Kingdom Government Office for Science this week published, in an effort to keep the UK at the forefront of nanotechnologies research and innovation, a "UK Nanotechnologies Strategy: Small Technologies, Great Opportunities." The UK government, in producing this strategy, is confirming its intent to promote this emerging science. The overall aims of the strategy are as follows: 1. Transparent, integrated, responsible and skilled nanotechnologies industry with good links to, and support from Government; 2. Better understanding of the risks associated with the use of, and exposure to, nanomaterials, and enough people with the right skills to assess them; 3. Better informed policies and regulations relating to nanomaterials and nanotechnologies; and, 4. Well-informed public and stakeholders and a leading position on nanotechnologies for the UK on the world stage. A comprehensive breakdown and critique of the report has been published by Dr. Andrew Maynard, Chief Science Adviser for the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, in his blog 2020Science. This article, and a link to the full report, can be viewed online at the link below.
The original article may still be available at interactive.bis.gov.uk/nano/
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