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Feature Archive
Below are SAFENANO's past feature articles. These are all still available to view - click on the one you are interested in to read.
In our first feature article for 2009, SAFENANO's Sheona Peters & Bryony Ross report on the second annual SnIRC Day, an event which brought together some of Scotland's best Nanotechnology Environment, Health & Safety researchers, providing an opportunity for young researchers and respected experts alike to share ideas and exchange opinions, and showing once again that Scotland remains at the cutting-edge of the field.
Bryan Ward and Sarah Harley of IOM/SAFENANO the current uncertainties, complexities and limitations in the regulation of nanotechnologies under REACH, and highlights the potential impacts of this new regulation on the rapidly growing nanotechnology industry.
November 2008
SAFENANO focuses for the first time on ecotoxicology as Sarah Harley of IOM/SAFENANO provides her evaluation of Lymnea as a model for nanoecotoxicity testing using microscale and nanoscale Carbon Black particles, and outlines why we need to further investigate the suitability of additional aquatic species in order to represent better the aquatic environment as a whole.
September 2008
Using the example of a meeting held by the SnIRC group during June of this year, SAFENANO's September feature article focusses on strengthening communication in the nanotoxicology community.
May 2008
Professor Ken Donaldson of Edinburgh University provides an exclusive insight into the massively influential Nature Nanotechnology paper released this month relating Carbon Nanotube toxicity to that of Asbestos from the perspective its lead researcher.
February 2008
David Baxter, Lead Researcher on Emerging Risks for Lloyd's of London, introduces the concept of insuring new technologies, and discusses the issues presented to the insurance industry by nanotechnology.
December 2007
SAFENANO's final feature article of 2007 is from Rob Aitken, SAFENANO's Director. In it, Rob reflects on the events of 2007 and discusses what exactly made the year the biggest one yet for nanotech and SAFENANO.
October 2007
SAFENANO's first October Feature Articles is from Dr Andrew Maynard, Chief Science Advisor to the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. In this article, Andrew presents and discusses the question 'Is exposure to engineered nanomaterials a myth?'.
SAFENANO's second October Feature is a summary and review of events at the first BOHS Nanotechnology Seminar, held recently at the IOM and co-hosted by SAFENANO. This is reported by Bryony Ross, SAFENANO's editor.
September 2007
Dr Steve Hankin, SAFENANO Expert Consultant and co-author of REFNANO - a report on the UK-led Initiative on Reference Materials for Nanotechnology - discusses the report and what he feels it will offer the wider nanotechnology community in the longer term.
August 2007
August '07's feature articles are from Dr Peter Hatto, Chair of the ISO/TC229 Nanotechnologies Committee and Director of IonBond UK, Bryony Ross, SAFENANO's Editor, and Rob Aitken, Director of SAFENANO.
July 2007
SAFENANO's July '07 features were from Dr Lang Tran, Head of Toxicology for the IOM, and SAFENANO Expert Consultant, and J D Kilgour of Syngenta UK.