• Danish Consumer Council and Danish Ecological Council Launch Nano Database

    Updated: 2012-12-27 23:07:35
    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 International Danish Consumer Council and Danish Ecological Council Launch Nano Database Danish Consumer Council and Danish Ecological Council Launch Nano Database Posted on December 27, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link The Danish Consumer Council and the Danish Ecological Council , in cooperation with the Technical University of Denmark DTU Environment , have developed a database intended to help consumers identify more than 1,200 products that may contain

  • Thiel Fellowship Applications are Open Until December 31!

    Updated: 2012-12-27 00:07:04
    Think about the smartest teenager (under 20) you know. Is this person passionate about science, technology, or entrepreneurship? If so, talk to him or her about starting a business or developing an invention or breakthrough. The 20 under 20 Thiel … Continue reading →

  • EPA Amends Definition of Clean Cellulosic Biomass

    Updated: 2012-12-26 21:04:51
    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 Amends Definition of Clean Cellulosic Biomass EPA Amends Definition of Clean Cellulosic Biomass Posted on December 26, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link On December 20, 2012, U.S . Environmental Protection Agency EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson signed a final rule setting forth EPA's final decision on the issues for which it granted reconsideration pertaining to its March 21, 2011, final rule entitled Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and

  • $100,000 grants for 20 entrepreneurs under 20 years to develop their dreams

    Updated: 2012-12-21 00:07:42
    Apply by December 31 for one of 20 $100,000 grants offered by the Thiel Foundation to those under 20 to develop their entrepreneurial dreams.

  • Testing and improving scaffolded DNA origami for molecular nanotechnology

    Updated: 2012-12-20 02:20:37
    In two different sets of experiments a German research group has shown that scaffolded DNA origami can be used to assemble complex structures with precise sub-nanometer positional control, and that constant temperature reaction can greatly increase yields and decrease production times.

  • 5th International Conference on Recent Progress in Graphene Research

    Updated: 2012-12-20 00:00:00
    Conference: 9 Sep 2013 - 13 Sep 2013, Tokyo, Japan.

  • Chemicals R Us: New ACC-sponsored website says chemicals are safe and fun for kids!

    Updated: 2012-12-19 14:53:44
    Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Senior Scientist. I was alerted yesterday to a new website – kidschemicalsafety.org – funded by the American Chemistry Council (ACC) and run by its right-hand “non-profit,” TERA (Toxicology Excellence in Risk Assessment).  The website and an accompanying Facebook page are a wonder to behold, replete with photos of happy kids.  [...]

  • NIOSH to Publish Information and Comment Request for Silver Nanoparticles

    Updated: 2012-12-18 18:22:07
    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 NIOSH to Publish Information and Comment Request for Silver Nanoparticles NIOSH to Publish Information and Comment Request for Silver Nanoparticles Posted on December 18, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health NIOSH is scheduled to publish in the December 19, 2012, Federal Register a request for information and comment on silver nanoparticles . nbsp According to the notice , NIOSH has initiated an evaluation

  • Two types of artificial muscle from nanotechnology

    Updated: 2012-12-13 21:01:38
    One research group working with rotaxanes and another group working with carbon nanotubes have provided two very different solutions to the problem of producing motion via artificial muscles at different scales from the nano to the macro.

  • EPA and CPSC Collaborating on Nanomaterial Research

    Updated: 2012-12-12 22:24:28
    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 EPA and CPSC Collaborating on Nanomaterial Research EPA and CPSC Collaborating on Nanomaterial Research Posted on December 12, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link On December 11, 2012, the U.S . Environmental Protection Agency EPA and U.S . Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC announced a research collaboration intended to assess potential impacts of nanomaterials on people's health and the environment . According to EPA's press release the research is part

  • Optimal bond loads in designing molecular machines

    Updated: 2012-12-12 00:14:51
    A study of a biological molecular machine has shown that the machine functions most effectively when it uses chemical bonds just barely strong enough to survive the power stroke of the machine.

  • EPA Determines Grain Sorghum Ethanol Qualifies as a Renewable Fuel

    Updated: 2012-12-07 21:57:39
    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 Determines Grain Sorghum Ethanol Qualifies as a Renewable Fuel EPA Determines Grain Sorghum Ethanol Qualifies as a Renewable Fuel Posted on December 7, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link U.S . Environmental Protection Agency EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson signed on November 30, 2012, a supplemental rule associated with the Renewable Fuel Standard RFS Program . nbsp The final rule contains a lifecycle greenhouse gas GHG analysis for grain sorghum ethanol and

  • Canada Adds Nanosubstance to DSL

    Updated: 2012-12-06 21:38:50
    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 Canada Adds Nanosubstance to DSL Canada Adds Nanosubstance to DSL Posted on December 6, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link In a November 21, 2012, Canada Gazette notice Canada amended the Domestic Substances List DSL The amendments include the addition of cellulose , hydrogen sulphate , sodium salt , obtained from sulphuric acid hydrolysis of the bleached pulp , with the substance having the following : characteristics a Nominal length of 100 50

  • Arbitrarily complex 3D DNA nanostructures built from DNA bricks

    Updated: 2012-12-06 19:11:42
    A set of 32-nucleotide single strand DNA bricks was designed so that each can interact independently with four other DNA bricks so that sets of hundreds of bricks can self-assemble into arbitrarily complex 25-nm 3D shapes, each comprising 1000 8-base pair volume elements.

  • 2012 Winter Matching Challenge!

    Updated: 2012-12-06 18:42:41
    Thanks to the generosity of several major donors,† every donation to the Singularity Institute made now until January 5th, 2013 will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to a total of $115,000! Donate Now! Milestones: $0 $28.75K $57.5K $86.25K $115K Progress: $45331 … Continue reading →

  • elni Review Article Examines Law and Innovation in Context of Nanomaterials

    Updated: 2012-12-05 18:37:22
    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 elni Review Article Examines Law and Innovation in Context of Nanomaterials elni Review Article Examines Law and Innovation in Context of Nanomaterials Posted on December 5, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link Environmental Law Network International's ELNI recent issue of elni Review includes an article entitled Law and innovation in the context of nanomaterials : nbsp Barriers to sustainable development Results of an empirical study which examines to what

  • EFSA Intends to Prepare Inventory of Food Additives in the Area of Nanotechnologies

    Updated: 2012-12-03 20:12:12
    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 EFSA Intends to Prepare Inventory of Food Additives in the Area of Nanotechnologies EFSA Intends to Prepare Inventory of Food Additives in the Area of Nanotechnologies Posted on December 3, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link The European Food Safety Authority EFSA published in the October 10, 2012, Official Journal of the European Union a call for tender to prepare a background document on the current knowledge in the field of nanotechnology and

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