Nanotechnology: The Story Behind The Headlines
With governments, corporations and venture capitalists spending $9.6 billion annually on nanotechnology research and development, and with an estimated $2.6 trillion in global manufactured goods incorporating nanotechnology - or about 15% of total output - expected by 2014, there is a lot at stake in how these questions are answered.
The Woodrow Wilson Center's Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies explored these questions at a program featuring The Washington Post's science and medical reporter Rick Weiss, and Leigh University professor Sharon M. Friedman. Mr. Weiss talked about the challenges of writing about nanotechnology, especially in the face of scant popular understanding of the technology or its potential to change virtually every aspect of people's lives. Professor Friedman reported her findings from six years of tracking U.S. and U.K. newspaper and wire service coverage of nanotechnology risks, work she did in collaboration with Brenda P. Egolf of Lehigh University.
The event and live webcast took place on Wednesday, December 13th at 10:00 a.m. in the 5th Floor Conference Room of the Woodrow Wilson Center (http://www.wilsoncenter.org/directions).
What:
Nanotechnology: The Story Behind the Headlines
Who: Rick Weiss, Medical and Science Reporter, The Washington Post Sharon M. Friedman, Professor and Director of the Science & Environmental Writing Program, and Associate Dean, Lehigh University David Rejeski, Director, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies
When: Wednesday, December 13th, 2006.
Where: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 5th Floor Conference Room. 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
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Article adapted by Start Sanatate from original press release.
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The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies was launched in 2005 by the Wilson Center and The Pew Charitable Trusts. It is dedicated to helping business, governments, and the public anticipate and manage the possible health and environmental implications of nanotechnology.
Contact: Julia Moore
Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies
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