http://www.merid.org/nanodev/ en-us http://www.merid.org/ndn/more.php?articleID=2498 The article says the North-South divide on intellectual property rights (IPR) remains unresolved following the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.merid.org/ndn/more.php?articleID=2497 The United Kingdom Food Standards Agency (FSA) Board last week agreed to compile a confidential database of food industry research into nanotechnology. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.merid.org/ndn/more.php?articleID=2496 ASTM International, originally known as the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), one of the world's largest voluntary standards development organizations, has, available for purchase, a "Standard Guide for Handling Unbound Engineered Nanoscale Particles in Occupational Settings". Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.merid.org/ndn/more.php?articleID=2495 Engineers at the University of Cincinnati (UC), United States, have devised a foam, using nanotechnology, that captures energy and removes excess carbon dioxide from the air. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.merid.org/ndn/more.php?articleID=2494 The government in India has decided to put a regulatory body in place to act as a nanotechnology watchdog. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.merid.org/ndn/more.php?articleID=2493 Israel has signed a new free trade agreement with Brazil, and the rest of the Mercosur bloc - Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay - making Israel the first non-Latin American country to sign such a deal with Mercosur. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400