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Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN) at Rice University
The Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN) is a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC) at Rice University. Aiming to transform nanoscience into a field with the impact of a modern-day polymer science, CBEN focuses on research at the interface between "dry" nanomaterials and aqueous media such as biology and the environment, developing the nanoscience workforce of the future, and transferring discoveries to industry.
Congress created CSREES through the 1994 Department Reorganization Act. The former Cooperative State Research Service (CSRS) and the former Extension Service (ES)-two unique USDA agencies-were combined that year into a single agency. This move united the research, education, and extension portfolios of both agencies and consolidated their expertise and resources under one leadership structure. CSREES' involvement in nanotechnology includes four grant programs that fund nanotechnology research projects. CSREES also participates as a USDA and agency representative on the Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology Subcommittee of the White House National Science and Technology Council and as a member agency in the National Nanotechnology Initiative.
Cost and Performance Report: Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron Technologies
for Source Remediation
This cost and performance report was published by the U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center. It is a compilation of technical and performance data from three recent Navy demonstration projects involving the use of microscale or nanoscale zero-valent iron (NZVI) for treatment of dense, nonaqueous-phase liquid (DNAPL) source zones. The Navy conducted considerable performance monitoring at the three sites and the key results are summarized in this report.
Emerging Challenges: Nanotechnology and the
Environment
Nanotechnology promises to transform sectors as diverse as medicine, manufacturing, energy, water supply, and transportation. Public and private sectors, particularly in developed countries and economies in transition, are invested heavily in research and applications. By 2014, nanotechnology is projected to have 14 per cent or US $2.6 trillion of the global manufacturing market. But what are the potential impacts of nanotechnology on the environment and human health? Do current regulatory frameworks deal adequately with the special challenges posed by these ‘smart’ particles? Policy-makers need to develop and extend science-based risk frameworks and to look at how best to address transboundary issues on the development and deployment of nanomaterials and products.
Emerging Nanotechnologies for Site Remediation and Wastewater Treatment
This document was prepared by Katherine Watlington, a National Network of Environmental Management studies grantee, under a fellowship from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This paper seeks to provide a holistic view of the state of the science of nanotechnology. Both the commercialized nanotechnology products and many of the technologies being researched in academia are discussed. Attention is given both to the research itself as well as the remedial capabilities. The toxicity and safety concerns of the individual technologies are also briefly outlined as are the overall toxicity concerns related more generally to the field of nanotechnology. Finally the current state of regulation is addressed.
Environmental Law Institute: Nanotechnology Initiative
The Environmental Law Institute’s Nanotechnology Initiative seeks to respond to the urgent need to develop an effective environmental, health, and safety governance structure for nanotechnologies.
EPA National Center For Environmental Research: Nanotechnology
This site highlights EPA's research in nanotechnology and provides useful information on related research at EPA and in other organizations.
EPA Nanotechnology for Waste and Cleanup
This site provides information on the unique issues associated with nanotechnology in waste and cleanup including basic information, event and related links.
EPA Nanotechnology White Paper
In December 2004, EPA’s Science Policy Council created a cross-Agency workgroup charged with describing key science issues EPA should consider to ensure that society accrues the important benefits to environmental protection that nanotechnology may offer, as well as to better understand any potential risks from exposure to nanomaterials in the environment. This paper is the product of that workgroup. The purpose of this White Paper is to inform EPA management of the science issues and needs associated with nanotechnology, to support related EPA program office needs, and to communicate these nanotechnology science issues to stakeholders and the public.
European Nanotechnology Gateway
Nanoforum is a pan-European nanotechnology network funded by the European Union under the Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) to provide information on European nanotechnolgy efforts and support to the European nanotechnology community.
Meeting summary and presentations from a Workshop on Nanotechnology for Site Remediation held in Washington, D.C., on October 20-21, 2005. Workshop participants included members of the academic, government, and private sector communities. The workshop was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), and the Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable. Representatives from the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Energy, USEPA, National Science Foundation, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Council for Science and the Environment organized the workshop.
International Council of Nanotechnology
ICON is an international, multi-stakeholder organization whose mission is to assess, communicate, and reduce the environmental and health risks of nanotechnology while maximizing its societal benefit.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH): Nanotechnology
A number of active research programs within NIOSH are investigating ultrafine and nanoparticle behavior, and the health risks associated with nanomaterials. A NIOSH Nanotechnology Research Center is being developed that will coordinate institute-wide nanotechnology-related activities.
Nanotechnology for Site Remediation: Fact Sheet
This fact sheet presents a snapshot of nanotechnology and its current uses in remediation. It presents information to help site project managers understand the potential applications of this group of technologies at their sites. The fact sheet also identifies contacts, such as vendors or project managers with field experience, to facilitate networking.
National Institute of Standards and Technology: Nanotechnology Is BIG at NIST
Researchers in NIST’s seven major laboratories are developing measurements, standards, and data crucial to private industry’s development of products for a nanotechnology market that could reach $1 trillion during the next decade. NIST’s work also aids federal agencies’ efforts to exploit nanotechnology to further their missions, such as national security and environmental protection. These technical contributions are in addition to NIST’s funding support for U.S. industry’s nanotechnology development work.
The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI)
NNI is a federal R&D program established to coordinate the multiagency efforts in nanoscale science, engineering, and technology.
National Science Foundation Nanotechnology Site
Contains National Science Foundation and National Nanotechnology Initiative reports.
Navy Research Laboratory Institute for Nanoscience
The mission of the Institute for Nanoscience is to conduct highly innovative, interdisciplinary research at the intersections of the fields of materials, electronics and biology in the nanometer size domain.
Proceedings of the Nanotechnology for Site Remediation Workshop, Chicago, September 6-7, 2006
In October 2004, the US EPA held a nanotechnology site remediation conference, with assistance from partner federal agency cosponsors. The 2004 conference was followed in 2006 with a 2-day national site remediation workshop, jointly sponsored by the EPA Region 5 (R5) and the EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD). This workshop is the subject of these Proceedings and targeted Superfund remedial project managers (RPMs) at the R5 offices in Chicago, Illinois. The workshop was attended by close to 100 participants. During the first day, the workshop focused on nanomaterials applications to remediate hazardous waste sites, whereas during the second day, the focus was on environmental implications of nanomaterials.
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science: DOE Nanoscale Science Research Centers
To support the synthesis, processing, fabrication and analysis at the nanoscale, the DOE Office of Science is developing, constructing and operating five new Nanoscale Science Research Centers (NSRCs). Each Center will focus on a different area of nanoscale research, such as materials derived from or inspired by nature; hard and crystalline materials, including the structure of macromolecules; magnetic and soft materials, including polymers and ordered structures in fluids; and nanotechnology integration.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Nanotechnology
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulates a wide range of products, including foods, cosmetics, drugs, devices, and veterinary products, some of which may utilize nanotechnology or contain nanomaterials.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies
The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies was established in April 2005 as a partnership between the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Pew Charitable Trusts. The Project is dedicated to helping ensure that as nanotechnologies advance, possible risks are minimized, public and consumer engagement remains strong, and the potential benefits of these new technologies are realized.
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