As Congress considers continued funding for the U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) including support for responsible development for nanotechnology, a Northeastern University report funded by the National Science Foundation and the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies investigates common misconceptions associated with emerging nanotechnologies and emphasizes the importance of attending to ethical issues within ongoing responsible development discourses and efforts.

September, 2007 – Professor Ronald Sandler took a trip to the Museum of Science to talk about nanomedicine. Sandler, a Professor of Philosophy at Northeastern University, spoke on the social, ethical, and philosophical dimensions of the emerging technology at the Museum of Science as part of a public forum entitled “Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology in Health and [...]