Science, Technology, Environment & Resources - Internet Resources

Engineering, Technology and Nanotechnology

Engineering

• Association of Consulting Engineers Australia (ACEA)
• Australasian Virtual Engineering Library (AVEL) A gateway to quality resources in Sustainable Systems and Engineering
• Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering The Academy is an independent, non-government organisation dedicated to the promotion in Australia of scientific and engineering knowledge to practical purposes.
• Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) is a joint initiative of all levels of Australian government, in co-operation with the building industry
• CSIRO Manufacturing and Infrastructure Technology
• EEVL: Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library | Engineering E-Journal Search Engine
• Engineering Resources: Index
• Engineers Australia
• Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council
• Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA)
• Standards Australia
• WSSN - World Standards Services Network is a network of publicly accessible World Wide Web servers of standards organizations around the world.
• Yahoo! Australia : Science : Engineering

Technology

• Australian Science and Technology Online extensive database listing more than 2500 science and technology related organisations in Australia
• CNN.com - Technology
• Coordination Committee on Science and Technology
• Defence Science and Technology Organisation
• Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources, Australia
• Federation of Australian Scientific & Technological Societies (FASTS)
• Office of Science and Technology Homepage (UK)
• Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) (USA)
• Technology Interface the on-line journal for the Engineering Technology profession
• Technology Review
• WAITRO World Association of Industrial and Technological Research Organizations

Nanotechnology

For nanotechnology and food see also Agriculture, Food, Forests and Fisheries pages

Australia

• Australia Parliament Senate Community Affairs References Committee Workplace exposure to toxic dust.
• Australian Office of Nanotechnology In the Commonwealth Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research. The office provides links to fact sheets and publications about Australian nanotechnology including the Australian capability report and the Prime Minister’s Science Engineering and Innovation Council’s (PMSEIC) report. It will be disbanded in June 2009.
• Australian Research Council Benchmarking Project.
• Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network.
• Australian Science and Technology Council (ceased) Produced Small things – big things: the role of nanotechnology in Australia’s future in 1993.
• Australian Safety and Compensation Council Nanotechnology and Occupational Health and Safety web site includes A review of the potential health and safety implications of nanotechnology. Their Nanotechnology Resource Library links to local and international documents.
• Australian Trade Commission Nanotechnology.
• Friends of the Earth Nano Website Includes Nanomaterials, sunscreens and cosmetics and the 2008 Out of the laboratory and on to our plates.
• NanoSafe Australia. Their resource page includes a link to their newsletter and position paper Current OHS best practices for the Australian nanotechnology industry.
• Nanotechnology in New South Wales (Inquiry) Media Statement.
• NanoVic Nanotechnology Victoria Governing the invisible: the new regulatory frontiers of nanotechnology.
• National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment (NICNAS) NICNAS Information Sheet Nanomaterials.
• National Medical and Research Council (NHMRC) NHMRC funded research involving nanotechnology issues 2000-2007.
  National Nanotechnology Strategies Taskforce National Academies Forum, Environmental, social, legal and ethical aspects of the development of nanotechnologies in Australia.
• National Nanotechnology Strategy This will cease on 30 June 2009.
• Review of the National Innovation System This 2008 review will include nanotechnology.
• Therapeutic Goods Administration In the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing produced A review of the scientific literature on the safety of nanoparticulate titanium dioxide or zinc oxide in sunscreens.
• University of Melbourne Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.
• Victorian Nanotechnology Statement.
• The Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering University of Sydney Australian directory of nanotechnology service providers – 2004.

Further References

• New global frontiers in regulation, The age of nanotechnology
• ‘When small isn’t beautiful’, ‘Nanotechnology and the environment: The nano-atomic reconstruction of nature'.
• ‘Too small for concern’.

International

• Azonanotechnology The A to Z of Nanotechnology An electronic news letter.
• ASTM Standards worldwide ASTM E2456 - 06 Standard Terminology Relating to Nanotechnology.
• American Elements A US manufacturer that lists their comprehensive range of nanoproducts.
• BSI British Standards Nanotechnologies.
• Cientifica Publishes reports on global nanotechnology business activities.
• European Commission adopts Code of Conduct for Responsible Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies Research and The Code.
• European Commission CORDIS Nanotechnology Homepage Includes links to the Nanotechnology Action Plan, European Technology Platform Nanomedicine , various reports and the European Nanoelectronics Initiative Advisory Council.
• European Commission Directorate – General for Health and Consumers the Scientific Committee on Consumer Products The safety of nanomaterials in cosmetic products.
• European Nanotechnology Gateway Reports include EU R&D in the field of health and environmental impact of nanoparticles.
• The First Annual Nanotechnology Safety for Success Dialogue 25-26 October 2007.
• Foresight Nanotech Institute Internet Page Established by the US researcher, Eric Drexler, who coined the term ‘nanotechnology’ in 1986.
• Helmut Kaiser Consultancy Study: Nanotechnology in the food processing industry world-wide 2006-2010-2015 and Nano food 2040 .
  Institute de Recherches Robert-Sauve' en Sante' et en Securite' du Travail (IRSST) A Canadian research institute. Produced Health effects of nanoparticles.
• International Center for Technology Assessment Nanotechnology.
• International Council on Nanotechnology (ICON) Towards predicting nano-biointeractions. An international assessment of nanotechnology environment, health and safety research needs.
• International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) Nanotechnologies.
• Luxresearchinc Nanotech report 2006.
• The Meridian Institute Nano Projects and Experience Examines public policy issues.
• Nanotechnology Commodities Development Database.
• Nanotechnology now An international electronic newsletter.
• Nanorisk Framework A partnership of the US NGO, the Environment Defense Fund, and Dupont.
• Nanowerk Links to international nanotechnology resources.
• OECD Nanotechnologies at the OECD describes activities of their Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials and Working Party on Nanotechnology.
• OECD Environment Directorate Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials. Includes Opportunities and risks of nanotechnologies.
• Power of small A US web site which includes a video.
• Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies This is a partnership between the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Pew Charitable Trusts.
• Responsible Nano Code Developed by the Royal Society, Nanotechnology Industries Association, Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network and Insight Investment.
• The Royal Society Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Includes the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering Nanoscience and nanotechnologies: Opportunities and uncertainties.
• SafeNano A UK news site about health and safety nanotechnology developments.
• UK Council for Science and Technology Nanotechnologies Review.
• UK Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs Nanotechnologies – Research Reports including Characterising the potential risks posed by engineered nanoparticles and the followup 2007 report.
• University Wisconsin-Madison Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center Nanotechnology Risk Resources and Bio-nanotechnology and biomedical nanotechnology.
• US Congressional Research Service CRC Report for Congress Nanotechnology and U.S. Competitiveness: Issues and Options.
• US Congressional Research Service CRS Report for Congress Nanotechnology: A Policy Primer.
• US Environmental Protection Agency Science Policy Council Nanotechnology white paper.
• US Executive Office of the President Office of Science and Technology Policy Principles for Nanotechnology Environmental, Health, and Safety Oversight.
• US Food and Drug Administration Nanotechnology A Report of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Nanotechnology Task Force July 25, 2007.
• US EPA Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program.
• US National Nanotechnology Initiative This coordinates US federal government research and development. In 2008, the second assessment of the National Nanotechnology Advisory Panel and the Strategy for nanotechnology-related environmenalt, health and safety research were released.
• US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Nanoparticle Information Library (NIL).
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization The Ethics and politics of nanotechnology.
• Which A UK consumer organisation with a Nanotechnology web page.
• World Health Organisation INFOSAN Information Note No. 1/2008 – Nanotechnology.

Further References

• ‘International perspective on government nanotechnology funding in 2005’.
• Nanotechnology regulation and policy worldwide, 2006.
• ‘Risk assessment of engineered nanomaterials: a survey of industrial approaches’
  

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