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Recent Website Additions/Changes

• Nanotechnology Scenario Series
• Challenges and Pitfalls of Exponential Manufacturing
• Nanotechnology and Future WMD
• Five-Minute Molecular Manufacturing
• CRN Task Force Essays
• Nanotechnology Basics: For Students and Other Learners
• Sander Olson Interviews
• Milestones & Moving Forward
• CRN Global Task Force on Implications and Policy
• Developing Molecular Manufacturing

CRN Press Releases

• Scenario Series Depicts Nanotech Revolution, December 11, 2007
• CRN Leadership Team Expands, September 24, 2007
• CRN to Host Molecular Manufacturing Conference, July 9, 2007
• British Breakthrough Highlights Nanotechnology Policy Gap, January 24, 2007
• Nanotechnology Report Creates Urgency for Preparation, December 8, 2006
• Nanotechnology’s Radical Future Discussed in Australia and New Zealand, October 5, 2006
• CRN's Mike Treder invited on speaking tour of New Zealand and Australia, June 6, 2006
• Nanotechnology Expert Analysis: Huge Impacts from Tiny Tech, May 8, 2006
• New Nanotechnology Analysis: Tiny Tech Brings Huge Changes, March 27, 2006
• Announcing Formation of New Task Force to Study Societal Implications, August 15, 2005
• Nanotech: Moving Closer to a Manufacturing Revolution, May 17, 2005
• Molecular Manufacturing: Step by Step, March 31, 2005
• CRN announces the Wise-Nano project, October 14, 2004
• NSF misses the point on nanotechnology, September 7, 2004
• CRN and students team up to tackle nanotechnology issues, June 21, 2004
• Leading nanotech experts put 'grey goo' in perspective, June 9, 2004
• CRN named 'Best of the Best' by Nanotechnology-Now, January 2004
• Published Debate Shows Weakness of MNT Denial, December 1, 2003
• Nanofactory design study prompts concern for preparedness, October 26, 2003
• CRN issues call for global administration of molecular nanotechnology, October 21, 2003
• CRN releases technical commentary on Greenpeace nanotech report, September 2, 2003
• CRN offers qualified endorsement of Greenpeace nanotech report, July 30, 2003
• CRN forms Board of Advisors, June 19, 2003
• CRN publishes list of future nanotech dangers, April 21, 2003
• Patchwork regulation of nanotech could be grave danger, February 15, 2003
• Shutdown of nanotech irresponsible and dangerous, January 31, 2003
• Nanotech could be a tragedy or a triumph, January 17, 2003

Nanotechnology Press Kit

Nanotechnology Now is the premier site on the Web for news updates and general information about nanotechnology. On their site you can find a new "Nanotechnology Press Kit", a centralized source for accurate and informative background materials. It's the definitive reference guide for reporters and other writers on the subject.

The Nanotechnology Press Kit is divided into ten sections:

1. Overview
2. History of Nanotechnology
3. Introduction to Nanoscale Technology
4. Introduction to Molecular Manufacturing
5. Molecular Manufacturing Myths
6. Risks and Benefits of Nanoscale Technology
7. Risks and Benefits of Molecular Manufacturing
8. FAQ
9. Glossary
10. Additional Resources

CRN was pleased to participate in this joint effort to create a comprehensive clearinghouse of information. Contributors included: Adam Keiper, managing editor of The New Atlantis; Paul Holister, chief architect of the Nanotechnology Opportunity Report; Rosa Wang, strategic consultant for Geographic Engine; Steve Burgess of Burgess Forensic; Jonathan Swartz, research fellow at the Center for Law, Science, and Technology at Arizona State University; and Chris Phoenix, CRN's Director of Research.

Articles of Interest to CRN

(NOTE: Since beginning our daily weblog, we're highlighting new articles there, and no longer posting them here.)

• 3D fabrication technique uses light-activated molecules to create complex microstructures, Eurekalert, February 2004
• Nano-origami, Scripps Research Institute, February 2004
• Virtual Nanotech, Science News Online, February 2004
• Espionage at the Atomic Scale, Chemical & Engineering News, February 2004
• Best of Nanotechnology - 2003 Awards, Nanotechnology Now, February 2004
• Nucleic acid nanotechnology—towards Ångström-scale engineering, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2004
• "Exponential" Thinking for the Future, Tech Central Station, January 2004
• Nanotechnology: Time to Make a Choice, Betterhumans, January 2004
• Nano not terrifying, China View, January 2004
• Nanoparticles in the brain, Nature, January 2004
• Scientists told to think small, The Age, January 2004
• The Smaller the Better, Reason Online, January 2004
• Molecular nanotechnology fully loaded with benefits and risks, Small Times, January 2004
• Israel and India to collaborate on nanotechnology development, India Press Information Bureau, December 2003
• Is Nanotechnology Real?, IRANSCOPE, December 2003
• Swiss nanotech predictions, The Scientist, December 2003
• Experts examine the barriers to public acceptance of nanotechnologies, CORDIS News, December 2003
• Can Art Make Nanotechnology Easier to Understand?, National Geographic News,  December 2003
• Commentary on the U.S. 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act, Nanotechnology Now, December 2003
• Encryption revolution, 2theadvocate, December 2003
• Kurzweil analyzes Smalley-Drexler debate, KurzweilAI.net, December 2003
• K. Eric Drexler and Richard E. Smalley square off, Chemical & Engineering News, December 2003
• Theoretical Analysis of a Carbon-Carbon Dimer Placement Tool for Diamond Mechanosynthesis, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2003
• Mapping the Debate over Technology, Tech Central Station, September 2003
• Age of molecular nanotechnology is closer than we think, Small Times, September 2003
• Honey I Shrunk the Robots, vnunet.com, August 2003
• The Nanotechnology Revolution, The New Atlantis, August 2003
• Molecular Manufacturing: Start Planning, FAS Public Interest Report, August 2003
• 3-D Printing's Great Leap Forward, Wired News, August 2003
• Future technologies, today's choices, Greenpeace, July 2003
• The Atkinson-Phoenix Nanotech Debate, Nanotechnology Now, July 2003
• Personal Fabrication, The Edge, July 2003
• How to Get the Benefits of Nanotechnology with Fewer Risks, Betterhumans, June 2003
• Supporting responsible nanotechnology research will benefit Europe's citizens, says head of unit, CORDIS News, June 2003
• Creating the 'world's leading nanotechnology cluster', KurzweilAI, June 2003
• Senate Committee Approves Nanotech R&D Bill, dc.internet.com, June 2003
• Critique of William Atkinson's "Nanocosm", Nanotechnology Now, June 2003
• Voices from the grass roots call for responsible nano policy, Small Times, May 2003
• Terror of tiny tech, The Bulletin, May 2003
• How to Grab an Atom, Physical Review Focus, May 2003
• Nanotech giving birth to a whole new revolution, San Francisco Chronicle, May 2003
• Visions of the Nanofuture, Tech Central Station, May 2003
• Halting nanotech research 'illogical', says pioneer, New Scientist, April 2003
• Testimony from Christine Peterson, US House of Representatives Committee on Science, April 2003
• Congressional hearing addresses public concerns about nanotech, KurzweilAI, April 2003
• Defense Department expands nanotechnology research, Silicon Valley, April 2003
• Science police needed?, The Scientist, April 2003
• Measuring the Risks of Nanotechnology, Technology Review, April 2003
• The Future of Nanotechnology: Molecular Manufacturing, EurekAlert!, April 2003
• Nanotech Hearing Gets Congress Thinking, Small Times, March 2003
• Small Dangers, Tech Central Station, March 2003
• China to set up Nano Science Center, People's Daily, March 2003
• The Next Material World, Industry Week, March 2003
• Nanotechnology confrontation is looming, Betterhumans, February 2003
• ‘Mind the gap’: science and ethics in nanotechnology, University of Toronto, February 2003
• Experts criticize call for nanotech moratorium, Betterhumans, February 2003
• Bucky Diamonds In The Rough, Physical Review Focus, January 2003
• Watchdog group calls for shutdown of MNT R & D, Small Times, January 2003
• Nanotechnology: the potential for new WMD, Jane's, January 2003
• Scientific critique of Michael Crichton's 'Prey', Nanotechnology Now, January 2003
• "Gadget printer" promises industrial revolution, New Scientist,  January 2003
• Peres: Invest $600-700m in nanotechnology, Globes Online, January 2003
• Ethical Administration of Nanotechnology, Nanotechnology Now, December 2002
• IBM reveals world's tiniest transistor , New Scientist, December 2002
• Three Systems Of Ethics For Diverse Applications, Nanotechnology Now, November 2002
• Nanotechnology and Mass Destruction: The Need for an Inner Space Treaty, Disarmament Diplomacy, August 2002