Nanotechnology
Russian President Orders Probe into State Firms including Rusnano
President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday ordered Prosecutor General Yury Chaika and the head of the Kremlin’s oversight department, Konstantin Chuichenko, to open an investigation into... More
Regulating Nanotechnologies in the EU and US: Towards Effectiveness and Convergence
Regulating Nanotechnologies in the EU and US is a collaborative research project to investigate the regulatory challenges posed by nanotechnologies and to assess the effectiveness... More
NanoCare final report provides insights of international impact
The German Federal Minstry of Education and Research draws first conclusions from the research done within the NanoCare project on the effects of manufactured nanomaterials.... More
EU sponsored research to build nanotoxicology database
How nanoparticle toxicity (i.e. nanotoxicology) affects the health and environment of Europeans is a concern that many researchers are currently investigating. Rising to the challenge... More
Cells react to nanostructures
Differences in a surface coating in the order of only a few nanometers can determine how well implants will be accepted by the surrounding tissues.... More
Nano in Sunscreens - Not that bad!
The Environmental Working Group (EWG), a United States-based non-governmental organization that works to expose threats to health and the environment, has released their 2009 Sunscreen... More
Switzerland launches "Swiss Nano-Cube": National information and learning platform for M&NT in vocational education
Micro- and nanotechnologies (M&NT) are widely regarded as important future technologies and already serve as a basis for many innovative products and applications today. Despite... More
Problematic substances in the water: recently including nanoparticles
Sooner or later, chemicals – and increasingly also nanoparticles – from textiles, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics or construction materials inevitably end up in natural waters. At this... More