ASME Nanotechnology Institute has begun releasing regular podcasts and videos on nanotech research and applications

COSMOS magazine and the Australian government have created a splendid new education resource for teachers – and its free.

There’s an interesting symposium on the social implications of emerging technologies starting today, and yes cyborg rights is one keynote topic.

Nanofoods usually get blank looks. Ignorance may remain, however, as food companies appear reluctant to engage on the topic. I sense a PR disaster looming.

Trust is hard won and even harder to understand. Expecting honesty and good science to win the day may hinder communication efforts and with issues such as vaccination have global implications.

“Smart dust” — tiny digital sensors worldwide that gather all sorts of information and communicate it to powerful computer networks that monitor, measure and understand the physical world in new ways. Some ambitious sensor research projects provide a glimpse of where things are headed.

SAFENANO provides a summary of key nano health and safety developments from 2009, and considers how these are likely to shape nano in 2010.

A European consortium has just published a review of the health and safety of engineered nanomaterials.

Eminent researchers predict where the future lies ten years from now for their areas of expertise.

A House of Lords report is critical of the food industry’s lack of transparency with its research into the uses of nanotechnologies.