UK Government Publishes Nanotechnologies StrategySource: United Kingdom Department for Business Innovation and Skills
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. |