Archive for November 2007

The Big Picture: Safe Development of Nanotechnology

Thursday, November 15, 2007 Marlborough, Massachusetts Presented by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs and the Office of Technical Assistance and Technology, this event focused on building relationships between Massachusetts government, businesses, and citizens to develop appropriate strategies for assessing and managing the risks associated with the manufacture, use and [...]

2007 Nanotech Symposium

“An equation is like poetry. It’s a description of how things interact; it’s a statement of reality.” Thus did George Whitesides kick off the 2007 Nanotech Symposium for Educators and Journalists, held at the Museum of Science on October 26th. Whitesides, a professor of Organic Chemistry and Materials Science at Harvard University, spoke on the [...]