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• A lotta money, but is it enough?

  $38 million! The number keeps floating before my eyes; a retinal imprint from the press release. $38 million for nanotechnology environmental impact research, courtesy of the folks at the U.S. National Science Foundation and Environmental Protection Agency. Read More... Posted 23 September 2008 05:19 by andrew.maynard@physics.org | 6 Comments Filed under: Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology, Risk, Envrionment, Research, Funding

• Why nanotechnology needs John Howard—but will have to do without

  A terse statement from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today [ available here. PDF, 16 KB ] confirmed that Dr. John Howard’s tenure as director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ( NIOSH ) will not be Read More... Posted 03 July 2008 23:08 by andrew.maynard@physics.org | 1 Comments Filed under: Nanotechnology, Risk, Safety, Business, NIOSH, Funding, John Howard

• U.S. nanotechnology risk research funding—separating fact from fiction

  The most recent estimate from the U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) puts nanotechnology risk research investment at $68 million for 2006 (the only year complete figures are currently available for—apparently). Yet the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies Read More... Posted 18 April 2008 12:24 by andrew.maynard@physics.org | 0 Comments Filed under: Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology, Risk, Policy, Safety, Research, Strategy, Funding