• Registration Open for Workshop on Safe Nano Design

    Updated: 2012-06-28 23:43:47
    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 Registration Open for Workshop on Safe Nano Design Registration Open for Workshop on Safe Nano Design Posted on June 28, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health NIOSH Prevention through Design Program and Nanotechnology Research Center will hold an August 14-16, 2012 workshop entitled Safe Nano Design : nbsp Molecule Manufacturing Market NIOSH states that participants will provide input into the safe

  • Solid state synthetic molecular machine points to advanced nanotechnology

    Updated: 2012-06-26 20:16:25
    Interlocking organic molecules held between copper atoms have been assembled in a void inside a solid state material to create a very simple molecular machine, a wheel that spins around an axle.

  • Recent Developments in NRDC's Case Concerning EPA's Conditional Registration of Nanosilver

    Updated: 2012-06-23 17:16:28
    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 Recent Developments in NRDC's Case Concerning EPA's Conditional Registration of Nanosilver Recent Developments in NRDC's Case Concerning EPA's Conditional Registration of Nanosilver Posted on June 23, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link On April 16, 2012, the Natural Resources Defense Council NRDC filed its brief in its lawsuit against the U.S . Environmental Protection Agency EPA concerning EPA's conditional registration for HeiQ AGS-20, an end-use product

  • An expanded genetic alphabet could lead to more easily designed proteins

    Updated: 2012-06-22 20:50:54
    The demonstration that the process of DNA replication is more flexible than thought should make it easier to incorporate unusual amino acids into designed proteins, which might make it easier to design novel protein machines.

  • Singularity Summit VIP Pass Contest Results

    Updated: 2012-06-22 16:47:11
    Congratulations to Faris Naji, the winner of the Nested Universe Singularity Summit 2008 VIP pass giveaway.

  • Brain Science Is About To Fundamentally Change

    Updated: 2012-06-22 16:45:15
    After inventing the Palm Pilot, Jeff Hawkins focused his efforts on neuroscience. He describes his memory-prediction framework theory of the brain in his book On Intelligence. Predicting Patterns This theory describes the process of how the brain makes predictions of...

  • Mathematically Predicting the Arrival of Human-Level Artificial Intelligence

    Updated: 2012-06-22 16:42:27
    Can a mathematical prediction be made as to when Human-Level Artificial Intelligence will arrive?

  • Nanotechnology greatly improves sensitivity of common medical tests

    Updated: 2012-06-21 19:41:10
    A new nanomaterial provides a three million-fold improvement in the sensitivity of common medical tests, potentially permitting earlier detection of cancer and Alzheimer's disease.

  • Less is More: Innovations in Forensic Science Nanotechnology

    Updated: 2012-06-21 00:00:00
    Conference: 10 Nov 2012, Coventry, United Kingdom. Organized by The Forensic Science Society.

  • Individual atoms resolved within nanoparticle comprising several grains

    Updated: 2012-06-20 20:26:51
    Current methods can image individual atoms in complex structures if the structures are crystalline, comprising many identical structures in a regular array. A new method resolves individual atoms in nanoparticles comprising several irregularly arranged crystalline grains.

  • The beat goes on with 13 new additions to the Candidate List under REACH

    Updated: 2012-06-18 19:37:18
    Allison Tracy is a Chemicals Policy Fellow. Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Senior Scientist. The number of chemicals identified as “substances of very high concern” (SVHCs) in the European Union continues to grow.  With today’s addition of 13 new chemicals, there are now 84 entries (representing 92 Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) registration numbers) on REACH’s [...]

  • Welcome to the new Singularity.org!

    Updated: 2012-06-18 15:00:35
    Welcome to the new Singularity.org! We hope you enjoy the cleaner, more modern design and updated content. Here are some highlights: The research page is now organized into three categories of papers. We’ve made hundreds of minor corrections to our … Continue reading →

  • Nanotechnology: Exploring Practical Solutions in Agriculture, Food and Biological Systems

    Updated: 2012-06-18 00:00:00
    Workshop: 15 Jul 2012 - 18 Jul 2012, Orillia, Ontario, Canada. Organized by Canadian Society for Bioengineering.

  • Flaky safety concerns over graphene

    Updated: 2012-06-16 14:52:51
    It was almost inevitable that the naysayers and scaremongers would start to express concerns about graphene, the new wonder material that won its developers a Nobel prize for their work with sticky tape and HB pencils. It’s sensible to look at graphene if there are risks and Ken Donaldson, a respiratory toxicologist at the University [...]Flaky safety concerns over graphene is a post from: Sciencebase Science Blog

  • Singularity Institute Progress Report, May 2012

    Updated: 2012-06-16 08:39:29
    Past progress reports: April 2012, March 2012, February 2012, January 2012, December 2011. Here’s what the Singularity Institute did in May 2012: How to Purchase AI Risk Reduction: Luke wrote a series of posts on how to purchase AI risk reduction, with … Continue reading →

  • Predicting Stock Market Behavior with Social Networks

    Updated: 2012-06-16 08:10:24
    Researchers predict market behavior with a nearly 90% success rate using social network information.

  • Your Entire Life On An iPhone

    Updated: 2012-06-16 02:12:43
    Could you store your entire life history of photos, videos and more on an iPhone? Researchers at the University of Glasgow have used nanotechnology to store 150,000 times more data per square inch than current technology.

  • Health Council of the Netherlands Proposes Registry for Worker Exposure to Engineered Nanoparticles

    Updated: 2012-06-13 22:53:42
    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 Health Council of the Netherlands Proposes Registry for Worker Exposure to Engineered Nanoparticles Health Council of the Netherlands Proposes Registry for Worker Exposure to Engineered Nanoparticles Posted on June 13, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link The Health Council of the Netherlands announced on May 22, 2012 the availability of a draft report proposing the implementation of an exposure registry and a system of health monitoring when working with

  • Joe Chemical — Ring a bell?

    Updated: 2012-06-13 16:21:42
    Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Senior Scientist. I've blogged earlier about the chemical industry's campaign of deception exposed by the Chicago Tribune last month in a jaw-dropping series titled "Playing with Fire."  That in-depth series ran into the tens of thousands of words and included many extras such as video interviews. EDF and the Safer [...]

  • New method to identify intermediates in protein folding

    Updated: 2012-06-13 00:26:55
    Tryptophan residues introduced at various positions in a protein chain identify folding intermediates that are too short-lived to be structurally characterized otherwise.

  • ECHA Will Create Working Group on Nanomaterials

    Updated: 2012-06-12 23:28:29
    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 International ECHA Will Create Working Group on Nanomaterials ECHA Will Create Working Group on Nanomaterials Posted on June 12, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link The European Chemicals Agency ECHA recently held a two-day workshop concerning its first experiences with nanomaterials under the Registration , Evaluation , Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals REACH program , with an emphasis on the evaluation process . nbsp ECHA , Member State Competent Authorities

  • Silicon Valley Artificial Intelligence MeetUp

    Updated: 2012-06-11 18:17:12
    Silicon Valley Artificial Intelligence MeetUp Sunday, November 23, 2008 at 12 noon at the TechShop in Menlo Park, California

  • ECHA Updates Additional Guidance for Nanomaterials

    Updated: 2012-06-08 23:38:17
    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 ECHA Updates Additional Guidance for Nanomaterials ECHA Updates Additional Guidance for Nanomaterials Posted on June 8, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link On May 25, 2012, the European Chemicals Agency ECHA published three new appendices updating Chapters R.8 , R.10, and R.14 of the Guidance on Information Requirements and Chemical Safety Assessment . ECHA updated the guidance based on the outcome of the Registration , Evaluation , Authorization and

  • Advancing nanotechnology with protein building blocks

    Updated: 2012-06-06 20:17:51
    A variety of protein cage structures have been constructed by designing specific protein domains to self-assemble as atomically precise protein building blocks in defined geometries.

  • Foresight Institute at Space Frontier Conference

    Updated: 2012-06-05 01:27:14
    How and how soon will nanotechnology play a role in space commercialization?

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