• New Short Introduction by Research Associate Joshua Fox

    Updated: 2012-08-29 23:22:20
    Our research associate Joshua Fox has penned a short introduction on Friendly AI, which is translated and revised from a version which appeared in Hebrew in the Israeli magazine Galileo. Here is an excerpt: In coming decades, computer engineers will … Continue reading →

  • Lynn L. Bergeson Will Chair Session at Newly-Organized Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization Conference

    Updated: 2012-08-28 16:34:10
    . 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 United States Lynn L . Bergeson Will Chair Session at Newly-Organized Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization Conference Lynn L . Bergeson Will Chair Session at Newly-Organized Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization Conference Posted on August 28, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link Lynn L . Bergeson will chair a session of the first Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization SNO conference which will be held November 4-6, 2012 in Arlington , Virginia . nbsp The

  • A Selection from the Singularity Institute’s Bookshelf

    Updated: 2012-08-27 23:40:14
    The books listed here are: Sipser, Introduction to the Theory of Computation (2nd edition) Gowers et al. (eds.), The Princeton Companion to Mathematics Koller & Friendman, Probabilistic Graphical Models: Principles and Techniques Sethna, Entropy, Order Parameters, and Complexity Russell & … Continue reading →

  • PNAS Posts Study Concerning Soybean Susceptibility to Manufactured Nanomaterials

    Updated: 2012-08-27 23:12:34
    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 Research PNAS Posts Study Concerning Soybean Susceptibility to Manufactured Nanomaterials PNAS Posts Study Concerning Soybean Susceptibility to Manufactured Nanomaterials Posted on August 27, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences PNAS posted on its website on August 20, 2012, an article entitled Soybean susceptibility to manufactured nanomaterials with evidence for food quality and soil fertility interruption According

  • Feynman 1984 talk on Tiny Machines on You Tube

    Updated: 2012-08-27 20:16:38
    The conceptual history of nanotechnology is usually traced to a classic talk “There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom” that Richard Feynman gave on December 29th 1959 at the annual meeting of the American Physical Society at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), which was first published in Caltech Engineering and Science, Volume 23:5, February [...]

  • Onwards and upwards: South Korea and Turkey advance their REACH-like policies

    Updated: 2012-08-22 16:58:36
    Alissa Sasso is a Chemicals Policy Fellow. Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Senior Scientist. This summer we saw a flurry of activity surrounding our own chemical safety legislation, the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); international reform efforts have been just as busy. In this blog post, we’ll discuss recent developments in toxic chemicals management in [...]

  • Singularity Summit 2012 Promo Video!

    Updated: 2012-08-21 01:16:38
    Singularity Summit 2012 – Create the Future from Singularity Institute on Vimeo. The Singularity Summit is the world’s leading dialog on the Singularity, bringing together scientists, technologists, skeptics, and enthusiasts alike. It was created to provide a much needed forum … Continue reading →

  • France Publishes Notice Concerning Mandatory Nanomaterial Reporting

    Updated: 2012-08-20 21:28:37
    The French Ministry of Ecology and Sustainable Development published an order in the August 10, 2012, Journal Officiel de la République Française concerning the content and submission requirements for the annual declarations of information relating to nanoparticle substances, as substances or as part of a mixture. he order comes into force on January 1, 2013, and provides details on how companies should meet the mandatory declaration obligations.

  • The new Safe Chemicals Act fulfills every detail of ACC’s 10 “Principles for Modernizing TSCA”

    Updated: 2012-08-20 15:55:33
    Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Senior Scientist. You wouldn’t know it from listening to the American Chemistry Council (ACC) talk about the Safe Chemicals Act, but the new and improved version of the bill that was passed out of the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee on July 25 closely mirrors every detail of ACC’s [...]

  • Whiteboards at the Singularity Institute

    Updated: 2012-08-19 23:00:53
    For your enjoyment, some recent whiteboards at the Singularity Institute…

  • EU-OSHA Posts Literature Review on Risk Perception and Communication on Nanomaterials in the Workplace

    Updated: 2012-08-15 22:05:01
    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-OSHA Posts Literature Review on Risk Perception and Communication on Nanomaterials in the Workplace EU-OSHA Posts Literature Review on Risk Perception and Communication on Nanomaterials in the Workplace Posted on August 15, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link On June 20, 2012, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work EU-OSHA posted a new literature review entitled Risk perception and risk communication with regard to nanomaterials in the workplace

  • Standard deviations in climate change

    Updated: 2012-08-14 11:46:32
    I found this data graphic entirely too interesting: The graphic comes from The Economist, and is based on last week’s PNAS paper by James Hanson et al. (open access). These observed, accelerating increases in the mean and variance of global temperatures are data, not theory. See also: Greenhouse Gases and Advanced Nanotechnology

  • SCENIHR Issues Call for Information and Experts on Health Effects of Nanomaterials Used in Medical Devices

    Updated: 2012-08-13 15:27:22
    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 SCENIHR Issues Call for Information and Experts on Health Effects of Nanomaterials Used in Medical Devices SCENIHR Issues Call for Information and Experts on Health Effects of Nanomaterials Used in Medical Devices Posted on August 13, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link On August 8, 2012, the European Commission EC Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks SCENIHR posted a request it received from the EC for a scientific opinion on

  • Pace Environmental Law Review Issues Call for Papers

    Updated: 2012-08-10 00:25:52
    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 Legal Regulatory Issues Pace Environmental Law Review Issues Call for Papers Pace Environmental Law Review Issues Call for Papers Posted on August 9, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link The Pace Environmental Law Review PELR will publish a themed issue this winter concerning issues in the development and regulation of nanotechnology and biotechnology . nbsp Articles or essays should discuss the intersection between nanotechnology and or biotechnology and environmental

  • The Eye and the Chip

    Updated: 2012-08-10 00:00:00
    Conference: 9 Sep 2012 - 9 Nov 2012, Detroit, Michigan, United States. Organized by Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology.

  • Toward a method to design any needed catalyst?

    Updated: 2012-08-06 20:03:40
    Computational insights into a fundamental organic synthesis reaction may lead to the ability to design a catalyst for any desired reaction.

  • Artificial evolution of enzymes to make novel semiconductors

    Updated: 2012-08-03 23:02:44
    The directed, artificial evolution of genes for enzymes that produce nanoparticles of silicon dioxide and titanium dioxide produced semiconductor structures not seen in nature.

  • EPA Publishes Final Nanomaterial Case Study For Nanoscale Silver in Disinfectant Spray

    Updated: 2012-08-03 19:35:34
    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 Publishes Final Nanomaterial Case Study For Nanoscale Silver in Disinfectant Spray EPA Publishes Final Nanomaterial Case Study For Nanoscale Silver in Disinfectant Spray Posted on August 3, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link On August 1, 2012, the U.S . Environmental Protection Agency EPA posted a final report entitled Nanomaterial Case Study : nbsp Nanoscale Silver in Disinfectant Spray which EPA states is intended to be used as part of a process to

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