Media Coverage

Publication Type: Newspaper Article
Secondary Title: Washington Post
Abstract: Article describes the need to develop a naming system for nanotechnology where names tell what the molecule looks like and how it behaves. Insurance companies, researchers and government agencies recognize that a standardized termin...
Year: 2004
URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31579-2004May16.html

Authors: Weiss, Rick
Publication Type: Newspaper Article
Secondary Title: Washington Post
Abstract: A German cleaning product, labeled as Magic Nano, sent a reported 77 people to hospital with severe respiratory problems when it repackaged and sold in aerosol spray-can form. (Note:The product was later discovered not to contain na...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/05/AR2006040502149.html

Authors: Bullis, Kevin
Publication Type: Web Article
Secondary Title: Technology Review
Abstract: After 6 individuals were hospitalized in Germany after using a cleaning product labeled Magic Nano, calls are renewed for better research into the toxicity of nanoparticles. Though some doubt exists if the product contains nanoparti...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.technologyreview.com/NanoTech/wtr_16681,318,p1.html?a=f&a=f

Authors: Berube, David
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: In this book, author and communications professor, David Berube evaluates the claims made about nanotechnology by a wide array of stakeholders, including industry leaders, government officials, scientists, environmentalists, and the...
Year: 2006

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Authors: Uldrich, Jack
Publication Type: Magazine Article
Secondary Title: The Scientist
Abstract: Author discusses the letter published on July 11, 2004 in the British newspaper, The Independent, by Prince Charles that questioned if nanotechnology could someday lead to adverse consequences like the thalidomide disaster of the 19...
Year: 2004
URL: http://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/14917/

Authors: Smith, Deborah
Publication Type: Newspaper Article
Secondary Title: Sydney Morning Herald
Abstract: Nanotechnology could transform the way we live, but doubts remain about its safety. Australia's Minister for Industry, Ian Macfarlane, commissioned a nine point plan to help the country reap the rewards of the new technology and add...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.smh.com.au/news/science/nanotechnology--its-a-small-small-world/2006/10/04/1159641392822.html

Authors: Friedman, Sharon M. ; Egolf, Brenda P.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
Abstract: Nanotechnology is supposed to drive a "new industrial revolution", according to U.S. government officials, who are investing heavily in it. A few environmental organizations and a significantly large number of business, academic, an...
Year: 2005
URL: http://www.nanotechproject.org/process/assets/files/2718/91_nanotechnology_risks_and_the_media.pdf
DOI: 10.1109/MTAS.2005.1563496

Authors: Tasker, Fred
Publication Type: Newspaper Article
Secondary Title: Miami Herald
Abstract: The author discusses recent developments in the ways nanotechnology can be used to enhance technologies such as body armor for soldiers and the building of ultra-light unmanned aerial vehicles for use by the military, and the concer...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.miamiherald.com/living/health/story/1273684.html

Authors: Greenfieldboyce, Neil ; Friedman, Sharon M. ; Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies ; Moore, Julia
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: This program, held in December of 2007 featured Nell Greenfieldboyce of National Public Radio's Morning Edition and All Things Considered offering insights on covering nanotechnology in media reporting, and Dr. Sharon Friedman of Le...
Year: 2007
URL: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=events.event_summary&event_id=343009#

Authors: Eiplerin, Juliet
Publication Type: Newspaper Article
Secondary Title: Washington Post
Abstract: The EPA decided last month to approve the "pre-manufacture" of carbon nanotubes, which are hollow tubes made of carbon atoms and potentially can be used in flat-screen televisions, clear coatings and fuel cells. The tubes, like othe...
Year: 2005
URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/22/AR2005102200995.html

Authors: Feder, Barnaby
Publication Type: Newspaper Article
Secondary Title: New York Times
Abstract: News article that describes how a simple device that helps people avoid touching public services where germs may lurk has run into problems with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA. Early last year the EPA ...
Year: 2008
URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03 /06/business/smallbusiness/06s biz.html

Authors: Brumfiel, Geoff
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Nature
Abstract: Nanotechnology is set to be the next big campaign focus for environmental groups. Can scientists avoid the mistakes made over genetically modified food, and secure public support? ...
Year: 2003
DOI: 10.1038/424246a

Authors: Weiss, Rick
Publication Type: Newspaper Article
Secondary Title: Washington Post
Abstract: Article describes some of the possible benefits of nanotechnology, including small, faster computer processors, its potential medical uses, and the possibility of harnessing the unique physical and chemical properties of nanomateria...
Year: 2004

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Authors: Godinez, Victor
Publication Type: Newspaper Article
Secondary Title: Dallas Morning News
Abstract: As companies such as Texas-based Zyvex Corporation continue to grow, the level of discussion increases over how much regulation is needed in the nanotechnology industry. Proponents of nanotechnology argue that while further research...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/061806dnbiznanotech.9b122409.html

Authors: New York Times
Publication Type: Newspaper Article
Secondary Title: New York Times
Abstract: Policy makers and investors are finding that it could require years of research to learn the potential environmental and health impacts of nanotechnology. Because the field is in its infancy and is growing rapidly, new questions abo...
Year: 2003

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Authors: Australian Association Press
Publication Type: Newspaper Article
Secondary Title: Sydney Morning Herald
Abstract: The Green party of New South Wales, Australia called for a moratorium on the sale of products containing nanoparticles, and calls for the establishment of a regulatory body to assess the health and environmental risks of these mater...
Year: 2007
URL: http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Call-for-moratorium-on-nanotechnology/2007/03/17/1174080202836.html

Authors: German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (Bundesinstitut fur Riskobewertung)
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: This report from the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment describes a major study of consumer perceptions of nanotechnology and the media coverage of nanotechnology and risk. ...
Year: 2008
URL: http://www.bfr.bund.de/cm/238/risikowahrnehmung_beim_thema_nanotechnologie.pdf

Authors: German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (Bundesinstitut fur Riskobewertung
Publication Type: Web Article
Secondary Title: Chemie.de
Abstract: This press release, from the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment describes three major studies released from a project on consumer perceptions of nanotechnology. The reports cover the media coverage of nanotechnology, a sur...
Year: 2008
URL: http://www.chemie.de/news/e/89487/

Authors: Abate, Tom
Publication Type: Newspaper Article
Secondary Title: San Francisco Chronicle
Abstract: Panel of experts discusses how to regulate nanotechnology to ensure safety with out stifling innovation at Stanford University. Anthony Waitz, a Nanotech consultant who is monitoring the June 12th wants to make sure that nanoparticl...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/06/12/BUGMKJBDB41.DTL&hw=Regulating+nanotech+debated+Abate&sn=001&sc=1000

Authors: Bell, Trudy E.
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: Guide to journalists covering risk assessment and nanotechnology giving a general overview of nanotechnology and the possible environmental and health risks. Author warns that veteran science journalists should not assume that the e...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.nano.gov/html/news/reporting_risk_assessment_of_nanotechnology.pdf

Authors: Feder, Barnaby J.
Publication Type: Newspaper Article
Secondary Title: New York Times
Abstract: Reviews the current research being done on nanoscale materials, some of which suggests that the tiny particles are often toxic because of their size. Discusses the concern some research and advocates have over the likeliness of nano...
Year: 2003

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Authors: Weiss, Rick
Publication Type: Newspaper Article
Secondary Title: Washington Post
Abstract: Article describes the ETC Group's contest to design a warning label to warn of the presence of engineered nanomaterials....
Year: 2007
URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/20/AR2007012001565.html

Authors: Anderson, Alison ; Allan, Stuart ; Peterson, Alan ; Wilkinson, Clare
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science Communication
Abstract: This article investigates how developments in nanotechnology were framed in the British national newspaper press during a formative period in their rising public salience. Specifically, an intervention by Prince Charles in April 200...
Year: 2005
DOI: 10.1177/1075547005281472

Authors: Condon, Josh
Publication Type: Web Article
Secondary Title: Popular Science
Abstract: There is nothing tiny about the international controversy brewing over the safety of nanomaterials. Debate over the issue recently escalated when an Environmental Protection agency found that titanium nanoparticles commonly used in ...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/82e0482ca9d8c010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html

Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Scientist
Abstract: Scientists, engineers, and government officials must confront head-on the ethical and societal implications of nanoscience and nanotechnology in order to keep the field from falling victim to the obstacles that have hampered progres...
Year: 2003
URL: http://www.the-scientist.com/news/20031208/04