http://www.azonano.com/nanotechnology-news.asp?catid=26 The Latest Nanoregulations News and Research en Copyright 2001-2009, AZoM.com Pty Ltd The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, is increasing its investment in understanding the potential health, safety and e... http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=14759 It is well known and understood that the commercialisation of nanotechnologies requires a safe and responsible development approach to be in place. As signposted by the Royal Society and Royal... http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=14648 In October, the German Federal Agency for the Environment (Umweltbundesamt, UBA) stated its position on the handling of nanomaterials as well as nanoproducts potentially fraught with risk and ... http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=14508 Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of the carbon nanotubes handbook report to their offering. . The fi... http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=14384 A new article by PEN senior advisor J. Clarence (Terry) Davies calls for radical change in how the federal government oversees nanotechnology and other technologies to best protect human h... http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=14127 Dr. Maynard, Chief Science Advisor, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center, discusses his experience and work, nanotechnology basics, regulatory issues... http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=14126 CIC biomaGUNE, the Centre for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials, is to lead the European project HINAMOX, an acronym that stands for Health Impact of Engineered Metal and Metal Oxide Na... http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=13959 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made major adjustments to its recently published 'Nanomaterials Research Strategy' that should greatly reduce the use of animals in assessing nano... http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=13958 The EU must do more to develop and deploy key enabling technologies (KETs) such as nanotechnology, micro- and nano-electronics, advanced materials and photonics. This is the main message from... http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=13920 In a speech today at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announced core principles that outline the Obama Administration's goals for legislative reform... http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=13910 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today outlined a new research strategy to better understand how manufactured nanomaterials may harm human health and the environment. Nanomaterials ... http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=13882 While efforts to involve the public in decision making on new technologies such as nanotechnology are impressive, they need to be substantially rethought, argues a new report from the EU-fund... http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=13873 Nanotechnology and synthetic biology continue to develop as two of the most exciting areas of scientific discovery, but research has shown that the public is almost completely unaware of the s... http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=13860 New technologies may change our lives for the better, but sometimes they have risks. Communicating those benefits and risks to the public, and developing regulations to deal with them, can be... http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=13733 Important issues surrounding the quality of food and drugs-including global supply chain management, the challenges of creating follow-on biologics (in Canada, subsequent entry biologics) and ... http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=13571 The countdown to Nanotech Europe 2009 continues; Europe's largest annual nanotechnology conference takes place in Berlin on September 28-30th in three weeks. Nanotech Europe brings together ... http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=13560 Nanotechnology continues to be forecast to reap massive global benefits across multiple sectors. Increasing public awareness of nanotechnologies, linked to non-specifically regulated introduct... http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=13532 The Human Enhancement Ethics Group today released a new report funded by the US National Science Foundation, addressing such topics as: definitions, possible scenarios, freedom + autonomy... http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=13386 The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Nanotechnology Standards Panel (NSP), serves as the cross-sector coordinating body for the purposes of facilitating the development of sta... http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=13385 Every state can now lay claim to the nanotechnology revolution. Data released today by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) highlights more than 1,200 companies, universities, go... http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=13190