Nanotechnology

Testimony

Comparing U.S. and Chinese New and Critical Materials Capabilities

China is by far the most dominant producer of critical materials in the world. As China’s export restrictions and WTO disputes illustrate, a dominant producer can strongly affect the manufacturing sector. What actions can policymakers consider to increase U.S. resilience to supply disruptions or market distortions?

Report

Wearable Technologies for Law Enforcement

Wearable technologies that could help officers in the field, such as flexible batteries and wireless charging, are available today at reasonable costs. Law enforcement agencies should work with manufacturers to provide input on future wearables.

Report

Nanomaterial Safety in the Workplace: Pilot Project for Assessing the Impact of the NIOSH Nanotechnology Research Center

RAND researchers develop a preliminary logic model to help the Nanotechnology Research Center identify and assess its contributions to improving the safety and health of workers who could be affected by engineered nanomaterials.

Report

Identification and Analysis of Technology Emergence Using Patent Classification

This report describes a new approach to identifying and evaluating technological emergence by analyzing connections among different technology areas using the definitions of technology areas set forth by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Journal Article

The Global Bio/Nano/Info Technology, Revolution and the Future of Society

Journal Article

The Global Technology Revolution 2020: Trends, Drivers, Barriers, and Social Implications

This briefing was presented at the 32nd AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy on May 3-4, 2007 in Washington, D.C.

Report

Advanced Countries to Benefit Most from Technological Progress

An examination of 29 countries' science and technology capacity indicates that the global technology revolution will continue unabated over the next 15 years, but some countries will be in a better position than others to take full advantage of it.

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Advanced Countries to Benefit Most from Technological Progress

An examination of 29 countries' science and technology capacity indicates that the global technology revolution will continue unabated over the next 15 years, but some countries will be in a better position than others to take full advantage of it.

News Release

RAND Report Says Greater Effort Needed to Protect Workers from Health Risks Posed by Nanomaterials

April 25, 2006 News Release: RAND Report Says Greater Effort Needed to Protect Workers from Health Risks Posed by Nanomaterials

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Greater Effort Needed to Reduce Health Risks Posed by Nanomaterials

The U.S. government is providing insufficient funding and other resources to understand and manage risks that nanomaterials pose to the health of workers in the rapidly growing nanotechnology industry.

Journal Article

Nano-enabled Components and Systems for Biodefense

Focuses on biomedical applications of nanotechnology in: nanodrugs and drug delivery; prostheses and implants; diagnostics and screening technologies.

Journal Article

Nanomaterials: New Trends

This paper reviews recent trends in the development and characterization of nanomaterials.

Report

The Global Technology Revolution: Bio/Nano/Materials Trends and Their Synergies with Information Technology by 2015

This book discusses trends in the current global technology revolution, including genomics, cloning, biomedical engineering, smart materials, agile manufacturing, nanofabricated computation devices, and integrated microsystems.

Report

The Potential of Nanotechnology for Molecular Manufacturing

Nanotechnologies are tools that measure and manipulate phenomena and objects at the nanoscale. Molecular manufacturing is the willful use of these two activities to create new objects or phenomena.

Research Brief

The Fly on the Wall and the Jedi Knight

To identify leading-edge technologies that could revolutionize military operations, to develop concepts of military systems that could transform warfare, and to specify the research necessary to make these systems a reality.

People

Taylor Frey

People

Thao Liz Nguyen

People

Krista S. Langeland

People

Richard Silberglitt

People

Fabian Villalobos