http://icon.rice.edu/ ICON News en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:30:43 GMT http://icon.rice.edu/icon_rss.cfm Web Services icon@rice.edu webserv@rice.edu http://icon.rice.edu/details.cfm?NID=1563 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT Whilst many celebrate the amazing properties these novel materials [nanoparticles] can bring to technological applications, others fear we may be opening a modern Pandora's box. When the Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN) at Rice University was funded in 2001, there was almost no scientific literature on the potential environmental, health and safety risks (EHS) of engineered nanoparticles. http://icon.rice.edu/details.cfm?NID=1563 http://icon.rice.edu/details.cfm?NID=1477 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:00:00 GMT A team at the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) is now collecting information about occupational practices from producers and users of nanomaterials. This project is a follow-on to the ICON survey published in 2006. Please consider contributing to this project by agreeing to a brief interview. All information you submit, including your identity, remains strictly confidential. For more information, contact Professor Patricia Holden (holden at bren dot ucsb dot edu). http://icon.rice.edu/details.cfm?NID=1477 http://icon.rice.edu/details.cfm?NID=1403 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:00:00 GMT This paper, presented in the Nano Focus section of the journal ACS Nano, is a distillation of critical discussions and ideas generated by leading experts who attended a recent international multidisciplinary workshop at Rice University hosted by ICON, with financial support from NSF, British Consulate and other organizations. http://icon.rice.edu/details.cfm?NID=1403