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Cleaning Up Heavy Metals Pollution With Nanotechnology

Cleaning up heavy metal contamination has become easier, safer, and nearly effortless since AC Environmental launched its environmentally responsible AC Nano product. Companies working with heavy metals often face the...

13 Jun 2008

Rapid, Standard Assessment Tool For Evaluating Toxicity of Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials

Due to their unique properties, nanoparticles have shown promise in biological and biomedical applications, including as diagnostic agents and in therapeutic applications. However, the toxicity of nanoparticles in certai...

11 Jun 2008

Funding Green Light for Nanostructured Materials Research Program

The European Commission today has given its green light for the funding by OSEO, amounting to € 46 M out of a total cost of € 107 M, of the Genesis program, coordinated by Arkema, which is opening the way for t...

5 Jun 2008

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