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Nanotech's 'Second Nature' Patents: Implications for the Global South
Source: ETC Group – Publication date: June 2005
	ETC Group reports on current trends in intellectual property relating to nano-scale technologies. With nanotechnology, the reach of exclusive monopoly patents is not just on life, but all of nature. Accordingly, ETC Group refers to nanotech's "second nature" patents.

Nanotech: Is small scary?
Source: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – Publication date: October 2004
	Nanotechnology seems to offer much the same promise--and danger--as biotechnology seemed to have in its early days. And it has attracted many of the same friends and foes. An article in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

Nanotechnologies - A Preliminary Risk Analysis
Source: European Commission – Publication date: March 2004
	Report based on a workshop organised in Brussels on 1-2 March 2004 by the Health and Consumer Protection Directorate General of the European Commission.

Nanotechnologies: Principles, Applications, Implications and Hands-on Activities
Source: European Commission – Publication date: December 2013
	The European Commission has published a compendium 'Nanotechnologies: Principles, Applications, Implications and Hands-on Activities' that has been specifically developed to provide the educational communities with relevant, accurate and updated materials to inform, motivate and inspire young people to know more about nanosciences and nanotechnologies concepts and applications. This resource has been developed within the context of the European research project Nanoyou, and it has been enriched with numerous and multifaceted inputs, reflections and insights on societal issues, also provided by the European project TimeforNano.

Nanotechnology
Source: National Science Foundation – Publication date: October 2005
	An excellent overview in form of a powerpoint presentation covering four areas: 1) What is nanotechnology and why is it important 2) Four generations of nanotechnology products 3) NNI main objectives and examples of outcome 4) Societal dimensions.

Nanotechnology 'Small size - large impact'
Source: Swiss Re Centre – Publication date: June 2005
	This summary publication includes statements given by the conference's keynote speakers and provides several "outside-in" views on this cutting-edge technology. The publication also serves as a pendant to Nanotechnology: Small matter, many unknowns, the "Risk perception" series title in which Swiss Re shares its position on the subject with a broad readership.

Nanotechnology - a Key Technology for the Future of Europe
Source: Cordis – Publication date: August 2005
	Taking the findings of the Millennium Ecosystem Synthesis report as a starting point, and drawing on the EU documents, 'Towards a European Strategy for Nanotechnology' and 'Converging Technologies - Shaping the Future of European Societies', this report identifies, in relation to European strengths, where nanotechnology research should be focused over the coming decade.

Nanotechnology - Small matter, many unknowns
Source: Swiss Re – Publication date: 2004
	Swiss Re has dedicated teams of experts which track new or emerging risks, and nanotechnology is one of those topics currently in focus. After all, it is is vital for the insurance industry to know what losses a new technology can give rise to and what the extent and the frequency of such losses will be. With these basics more or less established, the insurer can better assess the future loss burden, calculate a premium commensurate with the risk and grant adequate insurance cover.

Nanotechnology - The invisible giant tackling Europe's future challenges
Source: European Union – Publication date: June 2013
	This publication outlines nanoscience and nanotechnology dedicated research expenditure in Europe over recent years, in particular via the 7th research framework programme. An overview is given of the main sectors where nanotechnology is enabling significant progress. It highlights a selection of exemplary projects financed through FP7 that are representative of major research themes, such as nanoelectronics, nanophotonics, nanobiotechnology, nanomedicine, self-assembly, catalysts, industrial applications, energy and environment, tools for investing the nanoscale, health/safety/environment and communication/societal impact.

Nanotechnology and Civil Security
Source: Nanoforum – Publication date: June 2007
	This report describes nanotechnology applications for civil security and divides this into four broad sections: 1) detection, including imaging, sensors and sensor networks for the detection of pathogens and chemicals; 2) protection, including decontamination equipment and filters, and personal protection; 3) identification, including anti-counterfeiting and authentication, forensics, quantum cryptography and the market for counterfeit and grey goods; 4) societal impacts, including current regulatory and ethical frameworks, potential impacts on ethics and human rights, and public perception.