SGR Newsletters are published roughly twice a year. The main articles are listed here. For details of the current issue and back issues, go to here. [add link]
Joanna Haigh, Imperial College London, outlines the range of options currently being investigated by researchers and technologists to modify the climate system to try to prevent dangerous climate change – but finds that there are no ‘magic bullets’ here.
Article from SGR Newsletter no. 40, autumn 2011 (published online 14 December 2011)
Helen Wallace, GeneWatch, highlights the failure of the biotech economy and argues that decisions on R&D investments should be made more democratic and accountable.
Article from SGR Newsletter no. 39, winter 2011 (published online 4 March 2011)
Michael Reinsborough asks whether synthetic biologists are rushing ahead with development of associated technologies before the science is properly understood.
Article from SGR Newsletter no. 39, winter 2011 (published online 4 March 2011)
Alexis Vlandas, Oxford University, discusses some ways in which nanotechnology might be managed to try to prevent negative environmental, security, health or social impacts.