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  Europe is world's largest investor in nanotech 

  http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1189411435050&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull

  With €1.4 billion allocated to 550 projects in the field of nanosciences and nanotechnology, the EU's 6th Research Framework Program accounts for one-third of total public funding for nanotechnology and ... is the world's largest single funding agency worldwide for this field. A recent report, focused on the implementation of the 2005 Action Plan for Nanotechnology, shows the strategic importance of nanotechnology and the contribution this field of science can make to the quality of life and economic well-being of Europeans; for example, through revolutionary activities in key areas such as materials, electronics and medicine. The European Commission announced last week that it is committed to an integrated and responsible approach to developing nanotechnologies, taking into account all aspects - safety, acceptance by society, ethical implications and so on. Nanotechnology is a broad term that has applications in many fields of science - biology, electronics, materials, medicine - but br   [More...] [Less...]

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  MTB Europe - European Commission sponsors study on regulating nanotechnology in the EU and US 

  http://www.mtbeurope.info/news/2008/802017.htm

  European Commission sponsors study on regulating nanotechnology in the EU and US 18 February 2008 The European Commission has awarded a US$587,000 grant to researchers at the London School of Economics ... and Political Science (LSE), Chatham House (The Royal Institute for International Affairs), the Washington based Environmental Law Institute (ELI) and the US Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN), to study the issue of regulating nanotechnologies in the European Union and United States. The aim of the project is: to produce high quality analysis of the comparative dimensions of nanotechnologies regulation in the EU and US; to publish and widely disseminate policy-relevant research results that will assist policy processes and debates on both sides of the Atlantic; and to create greater awareness among decision-makers and opinion formers for congruent approaches and transatlantic convergence in nanotech regulation. In recent years, several transatlantic conflicts have erupted over ho   [More...] [Less...]

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