Nanotechnology

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Smart Trash: Examining the Impact of RFID Tags in the Recycling Industry — Jul 3, 2012

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags offer benefits to product lifecycle management but also introduce extraneous materials into the recycling stream. RAND Europe explored the environmental impact of RFID tags as well as the environmental advantages that their use can provide.

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The Global Technology Revolution 2020: Trends, Drivers, Barriers, and Social Implications — Jan 1, 2007

This briefing was presented at the 32nd AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy on May 3-4, 2007 in Washington, D.C.

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The Global Bio/Nano/Info Technology, Revolution and the Future of Society — Jan 1, 2007

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The Global Technology Revolution 2020, Executive Summary: Bio/Nano/Materials/Information Trends, Drivers, Barriers, and Social Implications — May 30, 2006

Presents foresights into global technology trends and their implications for the world in the year 2020.

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The Global Technology Revolution 2020, In-Depth Analyses: Bio/Nano/Materials/Information Trends, Drivers, Barriers, and Social Implications — May 25, 2006

Presents in-depth analyses on foresights into global technology trends and their implications for the world in the year 2020.

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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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Nanomaterials in the Workplace: Policy and Planning Workshop on Occupational Safety and Health — Apr 18, 2006

Places workshop discussions on protecting the safety and health of workers exposed to nanoscale materials within a policy framework for consideration by NIOSH.

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Nano-enabled Components and Systems for Biodefense — Jan 1, 2005

Focuses on biomedical applications of nanotechnology in: nanodrugs and drug delivery; prostheses and implants; diagnostics and screening technologies.

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Nanomaterials: New Trends — Jan 1, 2004

This paper reviews recent trends in the development and characterization of nanomaterials.

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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 — Jan 1, 1995

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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The Fly on the Wall and the Jedi Knight — Jan 1, 1994

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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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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Krista S. Langeland

Associate Physical Scientist
A.L.B. in natural sciences, Harvard University; Ph.D. in materials science, California Institute of Technology

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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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