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Keeping Pace with Science and Technology

Scholars from around the world participated in an ASU conference on Dec. 4-5, debating whether law and ethics are capable of keeping pace with science and technology and seeking potential solutions for the challenges created by the growing gap.

8 Dec 2008

Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis Provides Invaluable Information for Virus Detection

Virus particle detection and counting using Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis
is providing essential information for researchers at the University of Strathclyde's
Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences (SIPBS). This team develops methods
to employ naturally-occurring bacteriophages to combat MRSA and other bacteria.

8 Dec 2008

When it Comes to Nanotechnology - Americans Have a Big Problem

When it comes to the world of the very, very small - nanotechnology - Americans have a big problem: Nano and its capacity to alter the fundamentals of nature, it seems, are failing the moral litmus test of religion. I...

7 Dec 2008

Director to Explore Unresolved Synthetic Biology Ethical Questions

Synthetic biology promises to enable cheap, lifesaving new drugs to treat the 350-500 million people who suffer from malaria, and to create innovative biofuels that can help solve the world's energy problems. But...

3 Dec 2008

Technology and Society: Building Our Sociotechnical Future

Deborah G. Johnson, a professor at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science, co-edited an anthology, "Technology and Society: Building Our Sociotechnical Future," with James M. Wetmo...

3 Dec 2008

SMEs Having Huge Impact on the World Standing of European Research

SMEs can have a huge impact on the world standing of European research. Just look at the work of IMS Nanofabrication, a brilliant star in the semiconductor constellation. And Europe's research funding programme has h...

27 Nov 2008

Researchers Develop Promising Solution to "Mask-Less" Semiconductor Lithography

European researchers have developed a promising solution to 'mask-less' semiconductor lithography and generated intense interest among major industry players. Mask-less lithography (ML2) promises to rapidly reduce the costs and production times associated with low-volume device manufacture and prototyping.

26 Nov 2008

Advancement of Knowledge and Understanding of Nanotechnology in Society

The Society for the Study of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies (S-NET) is poised to become an international organization to promote open intellectual exchange towards the advancement of knowledge and understanding of...

25 Nov 2008

Internationally Recognized Research Leader Discusses Perceptions of Nanotechnology Research and Risk

Internationally recognized research leader and lecturer Andrew Maynard, chief science adviser to the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, clarified the public perception of research and risk surrounding nanotechnology at the "Environmental Nanoparticles: Science, Ethics, and Policy" conference held Nov. 10-11 at the University of Delaware.

18 Nov 2008

Assessing Cells' Disease-Fighting Performance Over Time

Coaxing a patient's own cells to hunt down and tackle infected or diseased cells is a promising therapeutic approach for many disorders. But until now, efforts to follow these specially modified cells after their rei...

18 Nov 2008