Bowman on Nanotechnology Environmental Health and Safety

Faculty Fellow Diana Bowman co-authored a recently published book covering the latest on the health and safety impacts of nanotechnology development and advancement. Nanotechnology Environmental Health and Safety: Risks, Regulation, and Management – 3rd Edition, was co-authored with Matthew Hull, Associate Director for Virginia Tech’s NanoEarth Center. Bowman and Hull led a team of authors in exploring the current state […]

Faculty Fellows Join Nature Nanotechnology Advisory Panel

Nature Nanotechnology, the preeminent journal on nanoscience and nanotechnology, has introduced an advisory panel of experts to guide the journal’s coverage at the intersection of nanotechnology and society. Faculty Fellows Andrew Maynard and Diana Bowman have been selected to be among seven or so experts from around the world to serve on this advisory panel. Scientific and technological progress […]

Marchant on the Year in Artificial Intelligence

Professor and Center Faculty Director Gary Marchant recently spoke with Quartz about the explosion of activity in artificial intelligence (AI): This year the world woke up to the society-shifting power of artificial intelligence. Marchant teaches courses like Artificial Intelligence: Law, Ethics & Policy at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law and is co-chairing the […]

Center Fellows on Regulating Nanomaterials in Cosmetics

Faculty Fellows Diana Bowman and Andrew Maynard, with ASU College of Law alum and Research Fellow Nathaniel May, authored a chapter on regulating nanomaterials in cosmetics in the recently published Analysis of Cosmetic Products, Second Edition. Cosmetics are big business with estimated global sales of $675 billion by 2020. Competition in the market drives innovation […]

Diana Bowman on Responsible Research and Innovation in Nanotech

Faculty Fellow and Associate Dean of International Engagement Diana Bowman recently co-authored a paper on responsible research and innovation (RRI) in nanotechnology. Devices of Responsibility: Over a Decade of Responsible Research and Innovation Initiatives for Nanotechnologies, published in Science and Engineering Ethics, discusses and takes stock of the international efforts to guide the responsible development […]

Marchant Publishes in Slate on Nanomaterials

Ever wonder what a nanomaterial is and how it is regulated?  It’s all in the definition.  If only there was a universally consistent one. Regents’ Professor of Law and LSI Faculty Director Gary Marchant, outlines oversight issues emanating from the lack of precision here.

Bowman Publishes in Nanomedicine

Diana Bowman Law Professor and Center Faculty Fellow, Diana Bowman recently co-authored and published the article Reviewing the regulatory barriers for nanomedicine: global questions and challenges. The paper acknowledges the significant role nanomedicine will likely play within the global healthcare system and highlights related issues, components & action items that remain unsettled or are lacking.

Marchant Presents at Society for Risk Analysis

Gary E. Marchant ASU Law Professor Gary Marchant gave two presentations at the annual meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) in Denver on Dec. 8 and 9.  Marchant’s first presentation, entitled “Nanotechnology: From Harmful to Helpful?,” examined the possible role of hormesis in the toxicology of nanomaterials, and the risk management implications of […]

Tuesday Triple Trivia for December 2, 2014

3 Questions. 3 Hints. 3 Answers. Every Tuesday. 1. Headed out for pizza and not sure what to order?  No problem.  Let this technology figure it out in 2.5 seconds: Hint: Answer: Pizza Hut’s “Subconscious Menu” (currently still in test mode) works by syncing a customer’s eye movements to a computerized tablet.  The tablet then […]

Tuesday Triple Trivia Tease for September 30, 2014

3 Questions. 3 Hints. 3 Answers. Every Tuesday. 1. What technology promises to literally take you to the moon and back in the not too distant future? Hint: Answer: the Japanese, with nanotechnology’s assistance, are developing an elevator for future motor travel to stations up in… space.  Carbon nanotechnology brings the much-needed supportive strength to the […]