Today marks the official launch of the Centre for Nano Safety based at Edinburgh Napier University. Given the discussions that have already taken place here about the need for tighter regulation and safety protocols in regards to the commercial use of nanotechnology and nanomaterials, this is a fantastic step in the right direction.… Continue Reading
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Singularity Summit 2009 videos up on Vimeo
Those of you who have visited us before may have remembered that I mentioned that Singularity Summit which took place at the beginning of October. I’ve just seen that the video of the presentations has been put up on Vimeo and I definitely recommend that you go and check them out.… Continue Reading
Friday Link Roundup: Stem Cell Research
This week’s selection of links touch on several aspects of stem cell research. These topics range from the controversy and ethics of stem cell treatment, to new advances in genetic research as well as current uses in society today.… Continue Reading
Future crops could be saved by drought-proof gene
Researchers at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia, have recently discovered a particular plant gene that could be used to grant drought-proof traits to future crops such as wheat or rice.
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Ethical Blogging: Climate change, blogging for the common good
Those of you paying attention might have questioned why we didn’t have an ethical blogging post yesterday – being Wednesday and all. Well, the reason is that I wanted to save the post for Blog Action Day ’09, an annual event where bloggers unite to bring attention to an issue of global importance.… Continue Reading
Nanotechnology and the social implications of immortality
There has been some renewed interest again by various online media outlets about the use of nanotechnology to greatly extend the human lifespan. It has even been said by some futurist commentators that the possibility is there for such advances to be made within the next 30 or 40 years.