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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Washington DC Nano News - Public Engagement on a Plane
August 2, 2008
Margaret Glass
authored by Margaret Glass, ASTC I was at the NISE Net public engagement planning meeting in late July at the Science Museum of Minnesota. On the return flight to Boston, I had a conversation about nano with a fellow passenger...
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Washington DC Nano News - Nano for the Next Administration
July 26, 2008
Margaret Glass
authored by Margaret Glass, ASTC This summer, I planned my vacation to Maine for the fourth week of July. I was conflicted when the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies announced a talk and document release for that week. I thought about...
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Washington DC Nano News - The Science of Politics...
July 18, 2008
Margaret Glass
authored by Margaret Glass, ASTC This week there was also reception on Capitol Hill for Bill Foster (D-IL), who won a special election held in March, 2008 to replace retiring Republican representative Dennis Hastert, former Speaker of the House. The...
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Washington DC Nano News - The Politics of Science…
July 15, 2008
Margaret Glass
authored by Margaret Glass, ASTC As election season draws near, the scientific community is gearing up for the next administration. A document released by, The Wilson Center OSTP 2.0 CRITICAL UPGRADE, presents recommendations about science and technology policymaking for the...
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NanoDays 2008 Participants
NanoDays 2008 was a coast-to-coast event...
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