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longated Nanoparticles Called Nanobatons Self Assemble Around Oil Droplets for Cleaning Oils Spills and Polluted Water

In a development that could lead to new technologies for cleaning up oil spills and polluted groundwater, scientists at Rice University have shown how tiny, stick-shaped particles of metal and carbon can trap oil droplet...

3 Jun 2008

Research Shows the Movement of Nanoparticles Through a Model Food Chain

New research shows that while engineered nanomaterials can be transferred up the lowest levels of the food chain from single celled organisms to higher multicelled ones, the amount transferred was relatively low and there was no evidence of the nanomaterials concentrating in the higher level organisms. The preliminary results observed by researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) suggest that the particular nanomaterials studied may not accumulate in invertebrate food chains

2 Jun 2008

Nanotechnology and Nanofiber Fabrics Rendering Toxic Chemicals Harmless

Cornell fiber scientist Juan Hinestroza is working with the U.S. government to create fabrics made of functional nanofibers that would decompose toxic industrial chemicals into harmless byproducts. Potential applicati...

28 May 2008

Nanotechnology Safety and How Buckyballs Invade Cells

A new study into the potential health hazards of the revolutionary nano-sized particles known as ‘buckyballs’ predicts that the molecules are easily absorbed into animal cells, providing a possible explanatio...

28 May 2008

ApNano Announces Distributor of High Performance Lubricant Additives

ApNano Materials, Inc., a provider of nanotechnology-based products, today announced that the Multisol Group, a leading distributor of advanced lubricating materials in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, in cooper...

13 May 2008

Nanoworms Used to Target Cancer Tumors

Scientists at UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and MIT have developed nanometer-sized “nanoworms” that can cruise through the bloodstream without significant interference from the body’s immune defense sy...

9 May 2008

Nanotechnology and Health Risks Facts Sheet Published by The Health & Environment Alliance

The Health & Environment Alliance fact sheet on Nanotechnology and Health Risks has been published on the HEAL website and can be downloaded by following the link. The fact sheet, developed in close consultation w...

9 May 2008

Nanoparticle Contamination of Water Depends on Subtle Difference in the Water Itself

The fate of carbon-based nanoparticles spilled into groundwater – and the ability of municipal filtration systems to remove the nanoparticles from drinking water – depend on subtle differences in the solution properties of the water carrying the particles, a new study has found

5 May 2008

Too Much Good Nanotechnology May Be Bad for the Environment With Silver Nanoparticles Killing Beneficial Bacteria

Too much of a good thing could be harmful to the environment. For years, scientists have known about silver’s ability to kill harmful bacteria and, recently, have used this knowledge to create consumer products con...

30 Apr 2008

DNA Transfection Reagent Kit Launched

Starpharma Holdings Ltd today announced the first commercial product launch based on its Priostar® dendrimer technology. The product, a research reagent kit called NanoJuiceTM Transfection Kit for transporting DNA...

22 Apr 2008

Nanotoxicology News

longated Nanoparticles Called Nanobatons Self Assemble Around Oil Droplets for Cleaning Oils Spills and Polluted Water

Research Shows the Movement of Nanoparticles Through a Model Food Chain

Nanotechnology and Nanofiber Fabrics Rendering Toxic Chemicals Harmless

Nanotechnology Safety and How Buckyballs Invade Cells

ApNano Announces Distributor of High Performance Lubricant Additives

Nanoworms Used to Target Cancer Tumors

Nanotechnology and Health Risks Facts Sheet Published by The Health & Environment Alliance

Nanoparticle Contamination of Water Depends on Subtle Difference in the Water Itself

Too Much Good Nanotechnology May Be Bad for the Environment With Silver Nanoparticles Killing Beneficial Bacteria

DNA Transfection Reagent Kit Launched

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

Enhancing Solid-State Lithium Batteries with Nano-Ceramic Electrolytes

A New Language for Nanopore Design

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

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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