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International Workshop on Nanotechnology, Commodities, and Development
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President's Science Advisers Approve Report Calling for Collaboration on Nanotechnology -- The Bureau of National Affairs' Daily Environment Report (3/15/2010)The United States President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) last week approved a report that will "... encourage federal agencies to increase their collaboration on environmental, health, and safety questions arising from various applications of nanotechnologies." The Council, which meets only once every two years, reviews the federal National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI). [More] Outcry over Scientists' Dismissal -- Nature (3/15/2010)The article details the controversy surrounding the expulsion, from their institute, of two high-profile nanotechnology researchers in Mexico. [More] Nanotechnology – a Revolutionary Water Treatment Solution -- South African Water Research Commission (3/15/2010)Nanotechnology may be the key to providing clean water in the most remote rural and semi-urban human settings, according to an article by Dr. Jo Burgess of the South African Water Research Commission (WRC), an organization that provides strategic direction and leadership on water resource issues in South Africa. [More] |
