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ICEIN 2010: May 10 – 13, Los Angeles

April 28, 2010
The second annual International Conference on the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology

(ICEIN) will be held at UCLA May 11–13, 2010. ICEIN is co-sponsored UC CEIN and by the Center for the Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology (CEINT). This conference will bring together leading researchers from around the world working on nanotechnology risk assessment, nanotoxicology, ecosystem impacts, transport and transformation of nanomaterials, and nanomaterial detection.

Nanotech: Good or Bad?

April 30, 2010
A team of researchers comprising scientists from the from UC CEIN and the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at UCSB reveals new survey of public perception of risk. The study was published in the December 2009/January issue of The Chemical Engineer.

U.S. EPA Launches New Nanotechnology Research Website

September 19, 2009
This site describes the science conducted in EPA's Nanotechnology Research Program in the Office of Research and Development to support a sustainable nanotechnology future.

UCSB Researchers Part of $24 Million Center to Study Environmental Risks of Nanoparticles

September 23, 2008
UC Santa Barbara faculty members will join colleagues from other universities within the UC system in playing key roles in a five-year, $24 million nanotechnology risk-assessment project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

NSF and EPA Establish Two Centers for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology

September 17, 2008
The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have made awards to establish two Centers for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (CEIN).