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Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals - REACH - Report Takes Critical View of Nanotechnology and Nanoparticle Risks

Based on a review of SEC filings, including detailed analysis of individual company annual reports for 2006 and 2007, major industrial and other sectors affected by product toxicity risks are doing a poor job of informin...

18 Apr 2008

Hearing Held into Nanotechnology Initiative Reauthorization

As a step towards the reauthorization of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), the House Science and Technology Committee held a hearing today to review the program and proposed draft legislation. As the Committe...

17 Apr 2008

Nanodrop Test Tubes Allow Researchers to Study Individual Proteins

With the flip of a switch: Nanodrop "test tubes" are created by an electronic switch that causes a micropipette to jerk back and leave behind a droplet less that 1 micron in diameter for study.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 16 Apr 2008

Nanotechnology Report Highlights Local Options for Overseeing Nanotech Development Risks

State and local governments often have adopted trailblazing initiatives to address environmental, health and safety concerns in advance or in lieu of federal action. With nanotechnology, an emerging field of science with unknown risks, this practice is continuing, a landmark study has found

10 Apr 2008

Buckyball Clumping Altered With Citrate May Hold Environmental Solutions for Nanoparticles

Fullerenes, also fondly known as buckyballs, are showing an ugly side. Since being discovered in 1985, the hollow carbon atoms have been adapted for nanotechnology and biomedical applications ranging from electronics to ...

9 Apr 2008

Even if Carbon Nanotubes are Environmentally Safe and Non Toxic, Production Processes May Cause Pollution Problems.

Carbon nanotubes are 10,000 times thinner than a human hair, yet stronger than steel and more durable than diamonds. They conduct heat and electricity with efficiency that rivals copper wires and silicon chips, with poss...

9 Apr 2008

Buckyball Carbon Nanoparticles Found to be Harmless to Environmental Cleanup Microbes

Even large amounts of manufactured nanoparticles, also known as Buckyballs, don't faze microscopic organisms that are charged with cleaning up the environment, according to Purdue University researchers.

9 Apr 2008

Nanotechnology Based HIV Drug Goes into Animal Trials

NanoViricides, Inc., said that preliminary animal trials of the Company’s HIV therapeutic candidates have begun at a BioSafety Level 3 (BSL-3) Laboratory facility in Boston, MA. The initial results are expected bef...

8 Apr 2008

Electron and Ion Microscopy Revealing Secrets of Antimicrobial and Healing Clays

Mud may be coming to a medicine cabinet or pharmacy near you. Scientists in Arizona report that minerals from clay could form the basis of a new generation of inexpensive, highly-effective antimicrobials for fighting MRSA infections that are moving out of health care settings and into the community. Their study will be presented in April at the American Chemical Society national meeting in New Orleans.

7 Apr 2008

Scientists Scared of Socks as Nanotechnology and Nanoparticles Become Common in Consumer Products

Valued for it’s antibacterial and odor-fighting properties, nanoparticle silver is becoming the star attraction in a range of products from socks to bandages to washing machines. But as silver’s benefits propel it to the forefront of consumer nanomaterials, scientists are recommending a closer examination of the unforeseen environmental and health consequences of nanosilver.

7 Apr 2008

Nanotoxicology News

Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals - REACH - Report Takes Critical View of Nanotechnology and Nanoparticle Risks

Hearing Held into Nanotechnology Initiative Reauthorization

Nanodrop Test Tubes Allow Researchers to Study Individual Proteins

Nanotechnology Report Highlights Local Options for Overseeing Nanotech Development Risks

Buckyball Clumping Altered With Citrate May Hold Environmental Solutions for Nanoparticles

Even if Carbon Nanotubes are Environmentally Safe and Non Toxic, Production Processes May Cause Pollution Problems.

Buckyball Carbon Nanoparticles Found to be Harmless to Environmental Cleanup Microbes

Nanotechnology Based HIV Drug Goes into Animal Trials

Electron and Ion Microscopy Revealing Secrets of Antimicrobial and Healing Clays

Scientists Scared of Socks as Nanotechnology and Nanoparticles Become Common in Consumer Products

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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