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The Risk Governance of Nanotechnology: Recommendations for Managing a Global Issue
Source: Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue – Publication date: June 2007
	This document reports on the discussions undertaken at the Conference "The Risk Governance of Nanotechnology: Recommendations for Managing a Global Issue" held at the Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue on July 6-7, 2006. Stakeholders from industry, government, research and civil society gathered to give feedback on the International Risk Governance Council White Paper on Nanotechnology Risk Governance and to explore how its recommendations could be implemented.

The Role of Nanotechnology in Chemical Substitution
Source: European Parliament, Scientific Technology Options Assessment (STOA) – Publication date: April 2007
	Currently, nanotechnologies are not contributing exceptionally to an increase in the substitution of hazardous substances for safer ones. However, experts believe that this could well change in the future. These are two of the messages coming out of a study by STOA, the European Parliament's Scientific Technology Options Assessment committee, on the role of nanotechnology in chemical substitution.

The Seminal Literature of Nanotechnology Research
Source: U.S. Office of Naval Services – Publication date: November 2005
	A chronically weak area in research papers, reports, and reviews is the complete identification of seminal background documents that formed the building blocks for these papers. A method for systematically determining these seminal references is presented. Citation-Assisted Background (CAB) is based on the assumption that seminal documents tend to be highly cited. Application of CAB to the field of nanotechnology research is presented. While CAB is a highly systematic approach for identifying seminal references, it serves as a supplement and is not a substitute for the judgment of the authors.

The Social and Economic Challenges of Nanotechnology
Source: Economic and Social Research Council – Publication date: May 2004
	This report sets out the technological potential of this new field and illustrates very clearly the issues which nanotechnology raises for society as a whole.

The Structure and Infrastructure of the Global Nanotechnology Literatur
Source: U.S. Office of Naval Services – Publication date: November 2005
	A text mining analysis of the global open nanotechnology literature was performed. Records from the Science Citation Index Social Science Citation Index (SCI) were analyzed to provide the infrastructure of the global nanotechnology literature (prolific authors, journals, institutions, countries, most cited authors, papers, journals) and the thematic structure (taxonomy) of the global nanotechnology literature, from a science perspective. Records from the Engineering Compendex (EC) were analyzed to provide a taxonomy from a technology perspective.

The use of nanocrystals in biological detection
Source: Nature Biotechnology – Publication date: January 2003
	In the coming decade, the ability to sense and detect the state of biological systems and living organisms optically, electrically and magnetically will be radically transformed by developments in materials physics and chemistry.

Towards a European strategy for nanotechnology
Source: European Commisssion – Publication date: May 2004
	In 2004, the European Commission adopted this report 'Towards a European Strategy for Nanotechnology'. It seeks to bring the discussion on nanoscience and nanotechnology to an institutional level and proposes an integrated and responsible strategy for Europe.

U.S. Regional, State, and Local Initiatives in Nanotechnology
Source: National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) – Publication date: May 2013
	These programs exist to provide funding, support, mechanisms for resource sharing, and facilitate collaboration for nanotechnology companies and researchers. These programs are listed alphabetically by state and then by national/regional effort.

Understanding Public Debate on Nanotechnologies
Source: European Commission – Publication date: January 2010
	This publication consists of a series of research articles on the nature of public debate on nanosciences and nanotechnologies, and the ways in which deliberative approaches could lead to better governance of these technologies. The authors of these articles were involved (as coordinators or participants) in a number of now completed European Commission-funded 'Science in Society' projects.

Way too little: Regulating nanomaterials in food and agriculture
Source: Friends of the Earth Australia – Publication date: May 2014
	A follow-up to FOE's 2008 document, this report looks at the now widespread presence of nanomaterials in our food chain and the activities of regulators.