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Nano Boric Acid Makes Motor Oil More Slippery

News - 7 Aug 2007

One key to saving the environment, improving our economy and reducing our dependence on foreign oil might just be sitting in your mother's medicine cabinet. Scientists at the U.S. Department of...

How Safe are Nanoparticles for Our Environment?

Article - 8 Sep 2017

Almost every business or manufacturing industry has found their own unique application in the use of nanoparticles in their production of certain goods or services.

3D Printing in Water Through Nanoparticle Photoinitators

Article - 7 Aug 2017

The creation of a three-dimensional (3D) printed object through a process called additive manufacturing, or more commonly, 3D printing, is an evolving technology that seems to be limitless in its...

Graphene Contact Lenses Monitor Tears and Pressure

Article - 5 May 2017

A new contact lens based system has been developed that can monitor glucose levels in tears. The system can also be used to detect the emergence of glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness.

Nanotechnology in the Monitoring of Microbial Food Safety

Article - 17 Feb 2017

Of the most common applications for nanotechnology in food safety and quality measures, are nano-encapsulated agrochemicals, food additives and supplements, and antimicrobial active food packaging...

Carbon Nanodots for Intracellular Imaging and Drug Delivery Tracking

Article - 15 Feb 2017

Researchers in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois have recently shown that photo luminescent CNPs can display a reversal of their optical properties in cancer cells. This...

UC Santa Barbara Nanotechnology Researchers To Discuss Medical Applications of Nanotechnologies

News - 20 Jun 2007

UC Santa Barbara’s NSF Center for Nanotechnology in Society (CNS) and the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) are inviting the Santa Barbara community to attend a casual forum called...

A Green Method for Silver Nanoparticle Synthesis Using H. isora

Article - 20 Jul 2016

The development of methods for the large-scale production of nanoparticles has become of intense interest to researchers in recent years.

EU Prefers an Incremental Approach to Regulating Nanotechnology

News - 8 Jun 2007

The 'incremental approach' to regulating nanotechnology, rather than a new regulatory framework, would be the EU's optimum approach to protecting both the health of its citizens and that...

Embedded Nanosensors to be Studied at New Research Center at the University of Cincinnati

News - 30 May 2007

The University of Cincinnati (UC) has received $1 million to establish a research center that will allow competing biomedical companies to pool their funding to develop new medical technologies for...