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CNS Co-Principal Investigator and IRG 1 leader Patrick McCray has been named a 2011 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Elected by the History and Philosophy of Science Section, he is one of eight UCSB and 539 researchers nationwide in the current class. McCray...
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"Anticipating the Perceived Risk of Nanotechnologies" is featured by the online journal Nature Nanotechnology for free access through the end of 2011. The study, co-authored by IRG 3 researchers Terre Satterfield, Milind Kandikar, Christian E. H. Beaudrie, Joseph Conti, and Barbara Herr...
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CNS is looking for a scholar to join our leadership team as the Director of Education Programs and Communication. Please see the attached flyer for position details and application procedures.
For primary consideration, please submit all application materials by Dec. 29, 2011.
The...
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The New Haven Independent's Nanoblog for Nov. 21, 2011 features CNS Graduate Fellow Shannon Hanna's research into the effects of nano zinc oxide on mussels. In "Sunscreen Today, Dinner Tomorrow?" reporter Gwyneth K. Shaw highlights Hanna's findings that the particles...
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UCSB's Materials Research Laboratory (MRL), led by CNS Executive Committee member Craig Hawker, has been funded by the Dow Chemical Company to establish a pioneering materials educational program. The Dow Materials Institute will train future scientists and engineers and advance the discovery...
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IRG 1 researcher Cyrus Mody's new book, Instrumental Community: Probe Microscopy and the Path to Nanotechnology, examines the colorful group of scientists involved in the development of STM, a key enabling technology for nano research.
Mody shows how the community of support built by...
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Now available online through April 1, 2012, the November, 2011 special issue of the international journal Risk Analysis features the work of IRG 3 researchers and others studying nanotechnology risk perceptions and communication. See the link below.
From the publisher: "Nanotechnology involves...
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Oct. 12, 2011. CNS-UCSB Director Barbara Herr Harthorn today announced the appointments of three new members of the Center's leadership team. Bonnie Molitor starts her position as Assistant Director on October 17, 2011. Joining the Center’s Executive Committee are Associate...
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Applications are still being accepted for social science and humanities postdoctoral researchers to join our Interdisciplinary Research Groups. Positions begin as early as January, 2012. See our Postdoctoral Scholars page or download the attached flyer for position details and application...
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On October 4 2011, Patrick McCray delivered a talk on California's role as a catalyst for conceptualizing nanotechnology at the University of Provence in Marseille, France.
McCray, a CNS-UCSB Co-PI, noted that despite its seeming newness, nanotechnology already has many...
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IRG 3 co-leader Nick Pidgeon discusses Charles Perrow's classic 1984 book describing the risks inherent in closely coupled, complex systems in light of the recent nuclear disaster at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi power plant In the September 22, 2011 issue of Nature,.
Nicholas Pidgeon is...
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The New Haven Independent reports on CNS graduate fellow Cassandra Engeman's conference presentation about the findings of a survey of nanotechnology companies' health and safety practices. The study, conducted by the UC Center for the Environmental Impacts of Nanotechnology, found that...
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Is the U.S. prepared to take advantage of nanotechnology's "Sputnik moment?" In the May 23 issue of Science Progress, CNS Postdoctoral Researcher Matthew Eisler compares industrial policy approaches of the U.S. and China as they affect the race to develop and create markets for new...
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As microchip manufacturing drives further into the nanoscale, uncertainty surrounding Moore's Law -- the pace of development in the digital world -- appears to be increasing. In the June 15, 2011 issue of the online journal Science Progress, CNS-UCSB extramural collaborator David C. Brock....
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NSF has awarded $417, 822 to UCSB’s Internships in Nanosystems Science, Engineering, and Technology (INSET) summer program. The program brings community college students to CNS-UCSB and CNSI for 8-week paid research internships. See the press release for complete information.
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CNS executive committee member Craig Hawker will be the speaker at UCSB’s 2011 Graduate Division commencement ceremony on Sunday, June 12 at 4:00. Dr. Hawker is Director of UCSB’s Materials Research Laboratory and a Professor in the Materials, Chemistry and Biochemistry departments....
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CNS was one of three NSF-funded projects at UCSB highlighted in a brochure distributed by the UC Office of the President in support of increased federal funding for the National Science Foundation. The brochure was distributed to Congressional offices and at a reception on Capitol Hill hosted by...
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Yasuyuki Motoyama and Matthew Eisler, both postdoctoral scholars in the NSF Center for Nanotechnology
in Society at UCSB, have collaborated across disparate working groups to publish an article in
Technological Forecasting and Social Change. The article investigates national productivity in...
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CNS Collaborator Nick Pidgeon and Baruch Fischhoff Propose Science-Based Risk Communication Strategy
The authors of a recent Perspectives piece in the journal Nature Climate Science say it is...
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By Stephen Nellis
Pacific Coast Business Times
November 1, 2010
Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have secured another $6.1 million grant to keep asking the big questions about very small things.
UCSB is well known for its nanotechnology research. It splits the California NanoSystems...
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January 11, 2011
(Santa Barbara, Calif.)
CNS-UCSB is proud to announce that two co-Principal Investigators have been awarded the distinction of Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as a Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers...
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Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks has been chosen for this year’s UCSB Reads event. Skloot’s book focuses on ethical issues related to the provenance and widespread use of the HeLa cell line. This cell line plays a key role in modern medicine,...
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CNS-UCSB and Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) are introducing a new course at SBCC that integrates technological and societal issues: Physical Science 107, Nanoscience in Society. This interdisciplinary course, offered Spring 2011 and open to all majors, addresses different technical and social...
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UCSB Office of Public Affairs
November 2010
UC Santa Barbara will receive almost $6.1 million over five years from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to extend support for the campus’s innovative Center for Nanotechnology in Society (CNS) through 2015. The grant represents an increase...
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"Perspectives on HeLa: A Cross-Disciplinary Discussion with Faculty"
Tuesday, February 15, Noon
Group Commons
1st floor, UCSB Davidson Library
This year's UCSB Reads book is the captivating story of Henrietta
Lacks, an African American woman whose...
The New Haven Independent's Nanoblog for Nov. 21, 2011 features CNS Graduate Fellow Shannon Hanna's research into the effects of nano zinc oxide on mussels. In "Sunscreen Today, Dinner Tomorrow?" reporter Gwyneth K. Shaw highlights Hanna's findings that the particles...
IRG 1 researcher Cyrus Mody's new book, Instrumental Community: Probe Microscopy and the Path to Nanotechnology, examines the colorful group of scientists involved in the development of STM, a key enabling technology for nano research. Mody shows how the community of support built by...
On October 4 2011, Patrick McCray delivered a talk on California's role as a catalyst for conceptualizing nanotechnology at the University of Provence in Marseille, France. McCray, a CNS-UCSB Co-PI, noted that despite its seeming newness, nanotechnology already has many...
CNS executive committee member Craig Hawker will be the speaker at UCSB’s 2011 Graduate Division commencement ceremony on Sunday, June 12 at 4:00. Dr. Hawker is Director of UCSB’s Materials Research Laboratory and a Professor in the Materials, Chemistry and Biochemistry departments....
CNS was one of three NSF-funded projects at UCSB highlighted in a brochure distributed by the UC Office of the President in support of increased federal funding for the National Science Foundation. The brochure was distributed to Congressional offices and at a reception on Capitol Hill hosted by...
By Stephen Nellis Pacific Coast Business Times November 1, 2010 Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have secured another $6.1 million grant to keep asking the big questions about very small things. UCSB is well known for its nanotechnology research. It splits the California NanoSystems...
CNS-UCSB and Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) are introducing a new course at SBCC that integrates technological and societal issues: Physical Science 107, Nanoscience in Society. This interdisciplinary course, offered Spring 2011 and open to all majors, addresses different technical and social...
