The Center for Responsible Nanotechnology (CRN), founded in December, 2002, is a non-profit research and advocacy organization with a focus on molecular manufacturing and its possible effects, both positive and negative. A non-profit organization (abbreviated NPO, or non-profit or not-for-profit) is an organization whose primary objective is to support an issue or matter of private interest or public concern for non-commercial purposes, without concern for monetary profit. ... Research is a human activity based on intellectual investigation and aimed at discovering, interpreting, and revising human knowledge on different aspects of the world. ... Advocacy is the act of arguing on behalf of a particular issue, idea or person. ... Molecular nanotechnology (MNT) is the concept of engineering functional mechanical systems at the molecular scale. ...

CRN provides information to journalists, business leaders, policymakers and the general public about the environmental, humanitarian , economic, military, political, social, medical, and ethical implications of advanced nanotechnology. This does not cite any references or sources. ... Public policy is a course of action or inaction chosen by public authorities to address a problem. ... For the psychology topic, see Environmental psychology. ... Buckminsterfullerene C60, also known as the buckyball, is the simplest of the carbon structures known as fullerenes. ...

CRN is an affiliate of World Care® [1], an international non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. As of 2006, CRN's Director of Research is Chris Phoenix, and its Executive Director is Mike Treder. 501(c) is a provision of the United States Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. Â§ 501(c)), listing twenty-eight types of non-profit organizations exempt from some Federal income taxes. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Chris Phoenix (born January 25, 1970) is the co-founder (with Mike Treder) and Director of Research[1] of the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology (CRN), and has worked in the field of advanced nanotechnology for over 15 years. ...

In August 2005, a task force [2] of more than sixty international experts from various fields was organized by CRN to develop comprehensive recommendations for the safe and responsible use of nanotechnology. A series of eleven essays [3] written by members of this CRN Task Force was published in March 2006 by the journal Nanotechnology Perceptions. The Center has sometimes been criticised for concentrating too heavily on the dangers posed by nanotechnology.^{[citation needed]} A task force (TF) is a temporary unit or formation established to work on a single defined task or activity. ... link titleThe word international can mean: Between nations or encompassing several nations. ... Look up expert in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This is an article about the modern meaning of the term public safety. ... The word responsibility means the obligation to answer for actions. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Scientific journals are one type of academic journal An academic journal is a regularly-published, peer-reviewed publication that publishes scholarship relating to an academic discipline. ...

The Center for Responsible Nanotechnology maintains a weblog and a wiki (see below). A weblog (now more commonly known as a blog) is a web-based publication consisting primarily of periodic articles (normally, but not always, in reverse chronological order). ... Look up Wiki in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

References

• Suggested resource University of Minnesota.
• Analysis of their information provision North Carolina State University
• Nano Ethics Database Illinois Institute of Technology

External links

• Center for Responsible Nanotechnology
• The Wise-Nano project (wiki)
• Responsible Nanotechnology (weblog)
• Nanotechnology Perceptions Journal, a new publication