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Dimensions Issue on Communicating Nano Available for Download
March 19, 2009
Vrylena Olney
The January/February 2008 issue of ASTC Dimensions is now available for download ! The issue is all about communicating science at the nanoscale, and it features articles by a number of NISE Net members, including: -Thoughtful decisions: The Evaluation of...
Vote on your favorite nano video!
March 18, 2009
Vrylena Olney
The American Chemical Society is holding a video contest to answer the question, "What is 'nano'?" Check out the entries here and vote on your favorite! The NISE Net's own Anders Liljeholm submitted the above Introduction to Nano video...
Washington DC Nano News - NNI Reauthorization, Round 2
January 23, 2009
Margaret Glass
authored by Margaret Glass, ASTC After getting stalled in a Senate committee last summer, H.R. 5940 (the NNI Amendments Act) languished as the failing economy took front page. The only "new" news about the NNI was the relatively dour National...
Washington DC Nano News - Does the NNI need a bailout, too?
December 15, 2008
Margaret Glass
authored by Margaret Glass, ASTC With all the media attention devoted to bailouts and the Senate replacement scandal, the stalled process of NNI reauthorization tends to fall under the radar. On Dec.11, however, the National Academies released an executive summary...
Washington DC Nano News - Transition in Progress
November 21, 2008
Margaret Glass
authored by Margaret Glass, ASTC One thing that's hard to appreciate if you don't live around the Beltway is the sheer number of job changes that occur in DC after a major election. Not only will the presidency change hands...
Washington DC Nano News - It's a “Goo You Wiki” World
November 13, 2008
Margaret Glass
authored by Margaret Glass, ASTC In Harry Kroto's words, kids today live in a GYW world, an environment ruled by the three dominant applications that allow instantaneous access to a world of information: Google, YouTube, and Wikipedia. But information doesn't...
Washington DC Nano News - Nanoawareness 2008
October 15, 2008
Margaret Glass
authored by Margaret Glass, ASTC The Wilson Center’s Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies recently released the results of their third annual phone survey about nanoawareness in the US general public. The first awareness poll , conducted by Peter D. Hart Research...
Washington DC Nano News - Policy Publics and Museum Publics
September 19, 2008
Margaret Glass
authored by Margaret Glass, ASTC The venue for the September FDA Nanotechnology Public Meeting was almost 20 miles outside of DC, at a new satellite campus of the University of Maryland. Despite the distance and an impossibly inconvenient public transportation...
Washington DC Nano News - A Day with the FDA
September 18, 2008
Margaret Glass
authored by Margaret Glass, ASTC My overwhelming impression after sitting through a day-long session titled "FDA Nanotechnology Public Meeting" was of the excruciatingly slow pace of the regulatory process, at least as it relates to nanotechnology in the US. In...
Washington DC Nano News - Is Your Summer Break Over?
September 3, 2008
Margaret Glass
authored by Margaret Glass, ASTC Congress’s almost is. And that means a possible decision on the National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendment Act of 2008. Want a refresher on where this Act stands, and what has to happen for reauthorization? The NNI...