TOPNEWS 20 July 2010 (from Cordis)

European Commission publishes 53 new calls for proposals

Today, the European Commission published 53 new calls for proposals under the Seventh Framework Programme for RTD, including 11 in the thematic programme on Nanotechnology, Materials and Production technologies. [..]

26 July 2010 (from observatoryNANO)

Biodegradable Food Packaging - New observatoryNANO Briefing Published

This document summarises and contextualises analysis of nanotechnology developments for biodegradable food packaging, and considers ST, socioeconomic, EHS and regulatory aspects. It is written for those who want a [..]

20 July 2010 (from Nanopodium)

New nano-opinions added to Nanopodium

Nanopodium highlights ten new opinions contributed to the Dutch national dialogue on nanotechnology in the last half year, and invites anyone to contribute to the debate. [..]

16 July 2010 (from ObservatoryNano)

Observatorynano releases interview "Solutions for new trade-off model privacy-security"

The ObservatoryNano project just released an interview on "Solutions for new trade-off model provacy-security" with Dr Silvia Venier the Italian Centre for Science, Society and Citizenship, responsible for four EU [..]

16 July 2010 (from Nanopodium and others)

Implementation nanocode in the Netherlands evaluated

The Nanocode project is evaluating the implementation of the European Commission's code of conduct for responsible nanotechnology research(2008) in the EC Member States. The Nanocode Country report on the Netherlands [..]

16 upcoming events

Classified to investment and financial sector

01 September 2005 - 31 August 2010 in Leuven, Belgium

Master of Nano-sciences and Nano-technology

09 July 2010 - 01 October 2010 in internet, Netherlands

Nanopanel

02 August 2010 - 06 August 2010 in San Diego, United States

SPIE Optics + Photonics 2009

20 August 2010 - 22 August 2010 in Biddinghuizen, Netherlands

Llowlab op Lowlands

02 September 2010 - 02 September 2010 in internet, Netherlands

Webinar Nanotechnology for a Knowledge Society in Emerging Economies and Developing Countries

Deadline: 01 April 2010

2 year Master program in Philosophy of Science, Technology and Society

Deadline: 01 March 2009

Integration of Molecular Components in Functional Macroscopic Systems

Deadline: 31 December 2008

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26 July 2010

Biodegradable Food Packaging

observatoryNANO Briefing No. 1

The volume of waste generated by the European agrifood sector is of increasing concern; in fact Europe's fruit and vegetable industries generate around 30 million tonnes of waste a year. [..]

20 July 2010

Report on the European Commission's Public Online Consultation TOWARDS A STRATEGICNANOTECHNOLOGY ACTION PLAN 2010-2015

This open consultation was launched to support the preparation of a new action plan for nanotechnologies in Europe for 2010 to 2015. It was designed to collect the views of both experts [..]

16 July 2010

Solutions for new trade-off model privacy-security

Current trends in nanotechnology, ICT, privacy and security - Interview with Dr Silvia Venier (Centre for Science, Society and Citizenship, Rome, Italy)

Dr Silvia Venier is responsible for four ongoing European projects related to ICT, privacy and security: HIDE on Homeland Security, Biometric Identification and Personal Detection Ethics, [..]

23 November 2007

Bridging the gap between foresight and market research: Integrating methods to assess the economic potential of nanotechnology

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16 November 2006

Reconstructing man? - The power of converging technologies...

17 October 2006

From science fiction to science fact