On April 2, 2013, President Obama launched the BRAIN Initiative as part of a broader White House Neuroscience Initiative to "accelerate the development and application of new technologies that will enable researchers to produce dynamic pictures of the brain that show how individual brain cells...

Cancer Moonshot is the federal initiative launched by President Barack Obama in 2016 to accelerate cancer research, improve access to therapies for more patients and increase the ability to prevent and detect cancer early. The aspirational target is putting the country on a path to achieve in...

This report, targeting the nanotechnology and manufacturing sector and actors, provides insights into the motivations of nanotechnology players who participate in public research and innovation programmes. The report also explores the relationships between internally and externally funded R&I...

This report, targeting the nanotechnology and health sector and actors, provides insights into the motivations of nanotechnology players who participate in public research and innovation programmes. The report also explores the relationships between internally and externally funded R&I projects...

The SunShot Initiative was launched in 2011 by the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO). The overall mission of the SunShot is to support solar energy adoption by making it affordable and cost-competitive with other forms of energy by 2020. Due to the...

The Energiewende is a German national long-term strategy for the development of a low-carbon energy system based on renewable energy and energy efficiency. The initiative is an integrated policy that addresses all sectors of the economy and is driven by four objectives: fighting climate change,...

This report offers a snapshot of the status of nanotechnology in the context of the environment. Environment is defined here as the totality of all the external conditions affecting the life, development and survival of an organism. Environmental degradation in terms of water, air and soil...

Nanotechnology has the potential to contribute to energy sustainability by reducing consumption, improving the infrastructure for energy generation, transmission and use, and offering new methods for energy production. To achieve this, the field of nanotechnology and energy needs to have a solid...

This report offers a snapshot of the status of the environment for nanotechnology in the context of construction. The construction industry covers the building, maintaining and repairing of buildings and infrastructures for living, working and transport, including providing materials for those...