• NIOSH Releases Guidance on General Safe Practices for Working with Engineered Nanomaterials in Research Laboratories

    Updated: 2012-05-30 22:59:15
    Nano and Other Emerging Chemical Technologies Law Blog : Lawyer Attorney Bergeson Campbell Law Firm Nanotech and Chemical Legal Developments Published By Bergeson Campbell , . P.C Regulatory legal developments involving nanotechnologies nanomaterials About Contact Services Archives Home Occupational Health and Safety Issues NIOSH Releases Guidance on General Safe Practices for Working with Engineered Nanomaterials in Research Laboratories NIOSH Releases Guidance on General Safe Practices for Working with Engineered Nanomaterials in Research Laboratories Posted on May 30, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health NIOSH has posted a document entitled General Safe Practices for Working with Engineered

  • Nanotechnology at Lloyd’s of London

    Updated: 2012-05-30 10:27:20
    There’s a now a video of a talk that I gave at Lloyd’s of London, a unique, global insurance institution founded in 1688. The Financial Services and Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Networks (in collaboration with the Lighthill Risk Network) hosted the talk, and I directed my remarks primarily to insurance underwriters and risk professionals. It’s a bit [...]

  • BioProcess International™ China

    Updated: 2012-05-29 00:00:00
    Conference: 21 Aug 2012 - 22 Aug 2012, Shanghai, China. Organized by IBC Life Sciences .

  • Carbon nanotube graphene composite improves downhill bike rim

    Updated: 2012-05-27 02:48:09
    Zyvex Technologies and ENVE Composites have demonstrated the superiority of a proprietary nanostructured composite in downhill cycling.

  • New Darpa program may accelerate synthetic biology path to advanced nanotechnology

    Updated: 2012-05-26 23:04:08
    Darpa has launched a "Living Foundries" program to bring an engineering perspective to synthetic biology to greatly accelerate progress through standardization and modularization.

  • Exposure to toxic flame retardants is an environmental justice issue: New research finds differential exposure in children

    Updated: 2012-05-23 19:59:26
    Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Senior Scientist. A peer-reviewed paper released today documents that nonwhite toddlers in North Carolina carry nearly twice as much of certain toxic flame retardant chemicals in their blood compared with white toddlers.  The finding adds to a growing body of evidence that exposures to toxic chemicals are higher in communities [...]

  • International Symposium Slides and Videos of the Plenary Presentations Are Now Available

    Updated: 2012-05-22 22:42:21
    Nano and Other Emerging Chemical Technologies Law Blog : Lawyer Attorney Bergeson Campbell Law Firm Nanotech and Chemical Legal Developments Published By Bergeson Campbell , . P.C Regulatory legal developments involving nanotechnologies nanomaterials About Contact Services Archives Home Legal Regulatory Issues International Symposium Slides and Videos of the Plenary Presentations Are Now Available International Symposium Slides and Videos of the Plenary Presentations Are Now Available Posted on May 22, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link On March 27-28, 2012, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD in collaboration with the National Nanotechnology Initiative NNI and hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of

  • Irsee 2013 - Trends in Nanoscience

    Updated: 2012-05-22 00:00:00
    Conference: 24 Feb 2013 - 28 Feb 2013, Irsee, Bavaria, Germany. Organized by Collaborative Research Center 767 Controlled Nanosystems: Interaction and Interfacing to the Macroscale University of Konstanz, Competence Network Functional Nanostructur.

  • Labor and public health advocates to the chemical industry: Stop bullying federal scientists!

    Updated: 2012-05-21 19:26:26
    Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Senior Scientist. After my long post this morning, I’ll keep this one brief:  The United Steelworkers, one of the nation’s top occupational physicians and EDF, represented by Earthjustice, have filed a motion to intervene in D.C. District Court, seeking to help defend the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ [...]

  • Foresight Presents: “GENOGEN: Regenerating Skin for Life”, with Dr. Nancy Mize

    Updated: 2012-05-21 04:48:19
    Nancy K Mize, PhD, Scientist, Innovator, and CEO of GENOGEN Inc., will continue Foresight's local Bay Area community events with a lecture "GENOGEN: Regenerating Skin for Life". GENOGEN is developing products that activate resident skin stem cells to stimulate local areas of regeneration of skin naturally – the way children heal.

  • Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health Considers Dispersible Engineered Nanomaterials

    Updated: 2012-05-18 21:26:15
    Nano and Other Emerging Chemical Technologies Law Blog : Lawyer Attorney Bergeson Campbell Law Firm Nanotech and Chemical Legal Developments Published By Bergeson Campbell , . P.C Regulatory legal developments involving nanotechnologies nanomaterials About Contact Services Archives Home Federal Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health Considers Dispersible Engineered Nanomaterials Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health Considers Dispersible Engineered Nanomaterials Posted on May 18, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link The Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health FACOSH met on May 3, 2012, during which it discussed the use of occupational exposure levels OEL by the federal government . nbsp Because

  • Kuala Lumpur Vascular Access Conference 2012

    Updated: 2012-05-18 00:00:00
    Conference: 4 Oct 2012 - 6 Oct 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Organized by Vascular Society of Malaysia.

  • EU Biocides Regulation Addresses Nanomaterials

    Updated: 2012-05-17 23:30:53
    Nano and Other Emerging Chemical Technologies Law Blog : Lawyer Attorney Bergeson Campbell Law Firm Nanotech and Chemical Legal Developments Published By Bergeson Campbell , . P.C Regulatory legal developments involving nanotechnologies nanomaterials About Contact Services Archives Home International EU Biocides Regulation Addresses Nanomaterials EU Biocides Regulation Addresses Nanomaterials Posted on May 17, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link On May 10, 2012, the Council of the European Union EU announced the adoption of a regulation concerning the placing on the market and use of biocidal products , which include insecticides , disinfectants , and repellents , but not medicines or agricultural pesticides . nbsp The regulation will take effect

  • U.S. Delegation May Present Nanotechnology Guidance at UN GHS Subcommittee Meeting

    Updated: 2012-05-17 00:11:53
    The U.S. delegation to the July 4-6, 2012, meeting of the United Nations (UN) Subcommittee of Experts on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) is considering presenting an information paper on how to classify nanomaterials under the GHS. ccording to Kathy Landkrohn, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Directorate of Standards and Guidance, the paper would be presented under a work group examining the types of physical and chemical properties listed on safety data sheets (SDS). andkrohn stated that a lack of data has impeded the work group’ ability to create a separate hazard class for nanomaterials.

  • EPA Releases Roadmap on Technology Innovation for Environmental and Economic Progress

    Updated: 2012-05-15 23:13:47
    Nano and Other Emerging Chemical Technologies Law Blog : Lawyer Attorney Bergeson Campbell Law Firm Nanotech and Chemical Legal Developments Published By Bergeson Campbell , . P.C Regulatory legal developments involving nanotechnologies nanomaterials About Contact Services Archives Home Federal EPA Releases Roadmap on Technology Innovation for Environmental and Economic Progress EPA Releases Roadmap on Technology Innovation for Environmental and Economic Progress Posted on May 15, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link On May 14, 2012, the U.S . Environmental Protection Agency EPA and the Department of Commerce announced efforts to launch an environmental technology initiative intended to help create American jobs in the growing environmental industry .

  • Novel silicon nanostructure extends battery life

    Updated: 2012-05-15 17:57:23
    Templates made from polymer nanofibers enable the formation of long-lived silicon nanostructures that store ten times as much charge as do graphite battery terminals.

  • Drop Reaction and Microfluidic Analysis (DRAMA)

    Updated: 2012-05-15 00:00:00
    Conference: 11 Sep 2012 - 13 Sep 2012, Royal Dublin Society, Dublin, Ireland.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NanotechwebEvents/~4/Pbgnh77M9dw" height="1" width="1"/

  • IEEE Nano 2012: 12th International Conference on Nanotechnology

    Updated: 2012-05-15 00:00:00
    Conference: 20 Aug 2012 - 23 Aug 2012, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

  • NNI Agencies Announce New Nanotechnology Signature Initiative

    Updated: 2012-05-14 20:51:52
    Nano and Other Emerging Chemical Technologies Law Blog : Lawyer Attorney Bergeson Campbell Law Firm Nanotech and Chemical Legal Developments Published By Bergeson Campbell , . P.C Regulatory legal developments involving nanotechnologies nanomaterials About Contact Services Archives Home Federal NNI Agencies Announce New Nanotechnology Signature Initiative NNI Agencies Announce New Nanotechnology Signature Initiative Posted on May 14, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link On May 14, 2012, the agencies participating in the National Nanotechnology Initiative NNI announced the fourth Nanotechnology Signature Initiative , Nanotechnology Knowledge Infrastructure : Enabling National Leadership in Sustainable Design NKI According to a press release issued by the

  • Fifth Annual Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine Symposium

    Updated: 2012-05-14 00:00:00
    Conference: 21 Sep 2012 - 22 Sep 2012, Louisville, Kentucky, United States.

  • Drug-resistant cancer cells cannot resist plasmonic nanobubbles

    Updated: 2012-05-13 20:01:25
    Nanoparticles targeted to cancer cells by antibodies cannot achieve enough specificity to kill drug-resistant cancer cells while sparing normal cells, but can achieve enough specificity to produce nanobubbles only in cancer cells, so the drug only enters cancer cells.

  • Foresight Institute on Singularity Hub (video)

    Updated: 2012-05-12 21:13:14
    Recent interview touches on new Foresight programs and issues in nanotechnology development

  • SAICM Will Publish Comments on Adding Nanotechnology Activities to Global Plan of Action

    Updated: 2012-05-10 23:29:55
    Nano and Other Emerging Chemical Technologies Law Blog : Lawyer Attorney Bergeson Campbell Law Firm Nanotech and Chemical Legal Developments Published By Bergeson Campbell , . P.C Regulatory legal developments involving nanotechnologies nanomaterials About Contact Services Archives Home International SAICM Will Publish Comments on Adding Nanotechnology Activities to Global Plan of Action SAICM Will Publish Comments on Adding Nanotechnology Activities to Global Plan of Action Posted on May 10, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link The Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management SAICM Secretariat is expected to publish this month comments on Switzerland's proposal that activities relating to nanotechnology be added to the SAICM Global Plan of

  • ACC missing in action this week, no doubt feeling burned

    Updated: 2012-05-10 18:29:34
    Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Senior Scientist. Every day in my email I get the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC’s) “SmartBrief,” a digest of the day’s news related to the chemical industry.  Here’s its self-description: Designed specifically for American chemistry professionals, ACC SmartBrief is a FREE, daily e-mail news briefing. It provides the latest news and [...]

  • Basics of Testing Associated with Sterilization Validation and Routine Processing

    Updated: 2012-05-10 00:00:00
    Conference: 1 Mar 2012, Palo Alto, Ca, United States. Organized by ComplianceOnline.

  • Jobs, Opportunities, and Prizes!

    Updated: 2012-05-09 06:59:23
    Recently, the Singularity Institute has offered a variety of jobs, opportunities, and prizes! We are hiring: Remote researchers (writing skill not required) Rationality curriculum designers Rationality teachers Workshop consultants Remote editors Remote HTML/WordPress workers Executive assistants We would also like: Volunteer advisors General volunteers We are also giving out $500 prizes for suggested rationality exercises: [...]

  • Singularity Institute Progress Report, April 2012

    Updated: 2012-05-08 22:55:52
    Past progress reports: March 2012, February 2012, January 2012, December 2011. Here’s what the Singularity Institute did in April 2012: SPARC: Several SI staff members are working in collaboration with SI research associate Paul Christiano and a few others to develop a rationality camp for high school students with exceptional mathematical ability: the Summer Program on Applied [...]

  • CRS Publishes Nanotechnology Policy Primer

    Updated: 2012-05-07 20:30:29
    Nano and Other Emerging Chemical Technologies Law Blog : Lawyer Attorney Bergeson Campbell Law Firm Nanotech and Chemical Legal Developments Published By Bergeson Campbell , . P.C Regulatory legal developments involving nanotechnologies nanomaterials About Contact Services Archives Home Federal CRS Publishes Nanotechnology Policy Primer CRS Publishes Nanotechnology Policy Primer Posted on May 7, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link The Congressional Research Service CRS published an April 13, 2012, document entitled Nanotechnology : nbsp A Policy Primer that provides an overview of federal research and development R D in nanotechnology , U.S . competitiveness , environmental , health , and safety EHS concerns , nanomanufacturing , and public

  • Nanosponges to recover spilled oil (includes video)

    Updated: 2012-05-07 19:19:25
    Doping carbon nanotubes with boron while they are being formed produces a novel molecular architecture formed by boron induced kinks and linkages. These nanosponges can be used repeatedly to absorb and retrieve or burn spilled oil.

  • The truth will out: Chemical industry’s deceptive tactics are eventually exposed

    Updated: 2012-05-06 22:36:09
    Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Senior Scientist. It’s hard not to get cynical in Washington, DC these days.  Just this past week, the American Chemistry Council (ACC) hosted an ice cream social on Capitol Hill – I kid you not.  ACC’s beckoning slogan:  “Join and learn about the benefits of chlorine chemistry and enjoy a [...]

  • EO on Promoting International Regulatory Cooperation Includes Emerging Technology

    Updated: 2012-05-05 00:20:09
    Nano and Other Emerging Chemical Technologies Law Blog : Lawyer Attorney Bergeson Campbell Law Firm Nanotech and Chemical Legal Developments Published By Bergeson Campbell , . P.C Regulatory legal developments involving nanotechnologies nanomaterials About Contact Services Archives Home Federal EO on Promoting International Regulatory Cooperation Includes Emerging Technology EO on Promoting International Regulatory Cooperation Includes Emerging Technology Posted on May 4, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link On May 1, 2012, President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order EO entitled Promoting International Regulatory Cooperation which is intended to ensure that differing regulatory approaches taken by foreign governments do not unnecessarily limit the

  • Bill to Provide Tax Credits for Renewable Chemicals Introduced in the House

    Updated: 2012-05-03 21:04:35
    Nano and Other Emerging Chemical Technologies Law Blog : Lawyer Attorney Bergeson Campbell Law Firm Nanotech and Chemical Legal Developments Published By Bergeson Campbell , . P.C Regulatory legal developments involving nanotechnologies nanomaterials About Contact Services Archives Home Federal Bill to Provide Tax Credits for Renewable Chemicals Introduced in the House Bill to Provide Tax Credits for Renewable Chemicals Introduced in the House Posted on May 3, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link Representatives Bill Pascrell , Jr . D-NJ and Brian Bilbray R-CA introduced on April 26, 2012, the Qualifying Renewable Chemical Production Tax Credit Act of 2012 H.R . 4953 which would amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide a credit for the production of

Current Feed Items | Previous Months Items

Apr 2012 | Mar 2012 | Feb 2012 | Jan 2012 | Dec 2011