Nanotechnology

JOURNAL ARTICLE

The Global Technology Revolution 2020: Trends, Drivers, Barriers, and Social Implications — Dec 31, 2006

This briefing was presented at the 32nd Annual American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Forum on Science and Technology Policy on May 3-4, 2007 in Washington, D.C. It highlights findings of RAND foresight analysis of global technology trends, drivers, barriers, and social implications through 2020, highlighting, in particular, issues relevant to building science, technology and innovation capacity in developing nations.

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The Global Bio/Nano/Info Technology, Revolution and the Future of Society — Dec 31, 2006

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Advanced Countries to Benefit Most from Technological Progress — Jun 1, 2006

An examination of 29 countries' science and technology capacity indicates that the global technology revolution will continue unabated over the next 15 years, but some countries will be in a better position than others to take full advantage of it.

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Advanced Countries to Benefit Most from Technological Progress — Jun 1, 2006

An examination of 29 countries' science and technology capacity indicates that the global technology revolution will continue unabated over the next 15 years, but some countries will be in a better position than others to take full advantage of it.

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NEWS RELEASE

RAND Report Says Greater Effort Needed to Protect Workers from Health Risks Posed by Nanomaterials — Apr 25, 2006

April 25, 2006 News Release: RAND Report Says Greater Effort Needed to Protect Workers from Health Risks Posed by Nanomaterials

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Greater Effort Needed to Reduce Health Risks Posed by Nanomaterials — Apr 25, 2006

The U.S. government is providing insufficient funding and other resources to understand and manage risks that nanomaterials pose to the health of workers in the rapidly growing nanotechnology industry.

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Nano-enabled Components and Systems for Biodefense — Dec 31, 2004

The integration of individual components will lead to relatively complicated materials and equipment architectures based on nanotechnology emerging from experiments currently in the laboratory.

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Nanomaterials: New Trends — Dec 31, 2003

This paper reviews recent trends in the development and characterization of nanomaterials, which are defined as materials with a nanoscale component or structure that exerts a significant influence on properties or function.

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The Global Technology Revolution: Bio/Nano/Materials Trends and Their Synergies with Information Technology by 2015 — Jan 1, 2001

This book discusses trends in the current global technology revolution, including genomics, cloning, biomedical engineering, smart materials, agile manufacturing, nanofabricated computation devices, and integrated microsystems.

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The Potential of Nanotechnology for Molecular Manufacturing — Dec 31, 1994

Nanotechnologies are tools that measure and manipulate phenomena and objects at the nanoscale. Molecular manufacturing is the willful use of these two activities to create new objects or phenomena.

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RESEARCH BRIEF

The Fly on the Wall and the Jedi Knight — Dec 31, 1993

To identify leading-edge technologies that could revolutionize military operations, to develop concepts of military systems that could transform warfare, and to specify the research necessary to make these systems a reality.

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PEOPLE

Ujwal Kharel

Assistant Policy Analyst
M.E.M., Dartmouth College; B.E. in electrical engineering, Dartmouth College; B.A. in physics and economics, Vassar College

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Eric Landree

Engineer
Ph.D. in materials science and engineering, Northwestern University; B.S. in physics, Allegheny College

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Richard Silberglitt

Senior Physical Scientist
Ph.D. in solid state physics, University of Pennsylvania; B.S. in physics, Stevens Institute of Technology; M.S in physics, University of Pennsylvania

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