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BASF Assists Research Program on Nanomaterial Safety

BASF has participated in a research project by BMBF (German Federal Ministry of Education and Research) about the safety effects of nanoparticles. The results of the project will allow faster and easier evaluation of nan...

From BASF 12 Jun 2013

PeakForce QNM may help Address Growing Medical Concerns Around Nanotoxicology

Professor Dr M. N. V. Ravi Kumar and Dr Dimitrios Lamprou, of the Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, believe an advanced form of atomic force microscopy, known as PeakForce QNM, could boost developments in the field of nanomedicines, the encapsulation of potent drugs in tiny particles measuring billionths of a meter in diameter. They described how this detailed imaging approach may also help scientists address growing concerns in the medical world around "nanotoxicology", the build-up of microscopic particles in people's tissues.

30 May 2013

Identical Series of Nanomaterial Toxicology Tests Conducted Across the Country

For the first time, researchers from institutions around the country have conducted an identical series of toxicology tests evaluating lung-related health impacts associated with widely used engineered nanomaterials (ENMs).

From North Carolina State University 6 May 2013

Innovative Screening Approach to Assess Safety of Nanomaterials

A Multidisciplinary team at Trinity College Dublin from the School of Medicine and CRANN, the Science Foundation Ireland funded nanoscience institute, has developed a new screening approach to test the safety of nanomaterials and their effects on human cells.

11 Apr 2013

New Method to Evaluate Toxicity of Nanoparticles

Earlier efforts to determine the health and environmental effects of the nanoparticles that are finding use in hundreds of consumer products may have produced misleading results by embracing traditional toxicology tests that do not take into account the unique properties of bits of material so small that 100,000 could fit in the period at the end of this sentence.

From American Chemical Society 9 Apr 2013

Silver Nanoparticles Found to Be Less Toxic than Soluble Silver Nitrate

For his doctoral dissertation Niskanen has been studying several hybrid nanomaterials, i.e. combinations of synthetic polymers and inorganic (gold, silver and montmorillonite) nanoparticles. He will defend his doctoral t...

1 Mar 2013

Silver Nanoparticles May Have Adverse Effect on the Environment

In experiments mimicking a natural environment, Duke University researchers have demonstrated that the silver nanoparticles used in many consumer products can have an adverse effect on plants and microorganisms. Fifty...

28 Feb 2013

Nanoparticle Modifications Can Cause Tremendous Changes in Chemical Interactions

Researchers at Syracuse University's Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering at L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science are studying the toxicity of commonly used nanoparticles, particles up to one million times smaller than a millimeter that could potentially penetrate and damage cell membranes.

24 Jan 2013

New Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology to Study Environmental Impact of Nanomaterials

Northwestern University has joined forces with four Midwestern universities and a national laboratory to establish the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology, which this fall received funding from the National Science Foundation.

29 Nov 2012

New Report Analyzes Toxic Effects of Nanomaterials

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Toxic Effects of Nanomaterials" book to their offering.

From Research and Markets 28 Nov 2012

Nanotoxicology News

BASF Assists Research Program on Nanomaterial Safety

PeakForce QNM may help Address Growing Medical Concerns Around Nanotoxicology

Identical Series of Nanomaterial Toxicology Tests Conducted Across the Country

Innovative Screening Approach to Assess Safety of Nanomaterials

New Method to Evaluate Toxicity of Nanoparticles

Silver Nanoparticles Found to Be Less Toxic than Soluble Silver Nitrate

Silver Nanoparticles May Have Adverse Effect on the Environment

Nanoparticle Modifications Can Cause Tremendous Changes in Chemical Interactions

New Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology to Study Environmental Impact of Nanomaterials

New Report Analyzes Toxic Effects of Nanomaterials

Automated Image Acquisition and Analysis of Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Structures

Breakthrough in Broadband Photodetectors: Nanomaterial Gii Could Bring Faster Broadband and Higher Quality Medical Imaging

A New Understanding of Metal-Carbon Interactions

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A New Language for Nanopore Design

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Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

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