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New Approach for a Rapid, Easy, and Highly Sensitive Arsenic Test using Nanotechnology

Mention of arsenic poisoning usually brings to mind underhanded murder. However, the danger of arsenic poisoning from contaminated drinking water is far greater. Low concentrations of arsenic are found in nearly all soil...

25 Nov 2009

Suspect Nano-Ingredients Found in Big Name Cosmetics

Testing commissioned by Friends of the Earth has found nanoparticles in foundations and concealers sold by big name brands, including Revlon, Clarins, Clinique, Max Factor, the Body Shop, L'Oréal, By Terry and Lancôme Pa...

24 Nov 2009

NIEHS Increasing Investment in Understanding Potential Health, Safety and Environmental Issues Related to Nanomaterials

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, is increasing its investment in understanding the potential health, safety and environmental issues related to t...

19 Nov 2009

Improving Our Understanding of How Nanomaterials Behave in the Body

Tiny, engineered nanomaterials can already be found in many consumer products, and have been hailed as having widespread future uses in areas ranging from medicine to industrial processes. However, little is known about ...

2 Nov 2009

Book Provides Exhaustive Account of Carbon Nanotubes Toxicity and Biocompatibility Towards Human and Animal Organisms

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of the "carbon nanotubes handbook" report to their offering. . The field of C-nanoparti...

From Research and Markets 29 Oct 2009

Development of Selective Nanosensors to Detect Toxic Industrial Chemicals

Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc., a leading provider of energy storage systems for clean, efficient power and energy management, today announced it has signed a research agreement with the U.S. Army RDECOM Acquisition Center for a cost reimbursement contract that could be worth up to $1.75 million.

From Nanosensors 14 Oct 2009

Current Nanotech Protection Equipment Inadequate

Writing in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Nanotechnology, Canadian engineers suggest that research is needed into the risks associated with the growing field of nanotechnology manufacture so that app...

14 Oct 2009

Summit Focuses on Environmentally Responsible Development of Nanotechnology

The Research Triangle Environmental Health Collaborative (The Collaborative) will gather 150 experts from around the nation at its second annual environmental health summit on October 8-9, 2009. The summit will be held at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center in North Carolina's Research Triangle Park and focus on Environmentally Responsible Development of Nanotechnology.

6 Oct 2009

Health Impact of Engineered Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles

CIC biomaGUNE, the Centre for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials, is to lead the European project HINAMOX, an acronym that stands for Health Impact of Engineered Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles: Response, Bioimaging and Distribution at Cellular and Body Level.

5 Oct 2009

DTSC to Co-Host Nanotechnology Symposium

The Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and the California Nano-Industry Network is hosting the fifth Nanotechnology Symposium: "DTSC/California Nano-Industry Network Symposium" on November 16, 2009 i...

2 Oct 2009