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Crowdsourcing - a Tool with manifold benefits
Currently crowdsourcing is a topic of discussion - often positively, sometimes negatively connoted. The German magazine "profits" recently published an article (in German) highlighting the... More
Batteries Included: A Solar Cell that Stores its Own Power
Is it a solar cell? Or a rechargeable battery? Actually, the patent-pending device invented at The Ohio State University is both: the world’s first solar... More
Coating CNT with Aluminium Oxide Lowers Risk of Lung Injury
A new study from North Carolina State University and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) finds that coating multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with... More
CNT Can Accumulate Quickly in Sediment
A Duke University team has found that single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) accumulate quickly in the bottom sediments of an experimental wetland setting (called mesocosm), an... More
Successful start of the "SimplyNano 1®" - Teacher Training Courses in Liechtenstein
On the 24th of September the first "SimplyNano 1® "- teacher training course took place in Liechtenstein. During the fully booked course teachers were shown... More
UNITAR offers new E-Learning Course “Introduction to Nanomaterial Safety”
The e-Learning course provides interested stakeholders with an introduction to the "sound management of manufactured nanomaterials". The focus is on the special properties of nanomaterials... More
"Nanorama Car Workshop" launched
Nanomaterials and ultra-fine particles in car workshops - learn how to handle them safely by exploring the "Nanorama Car Workshop", which is now available (in... More
What happens to nano-products at the end of their life?
Very little is known about the behaviour and possible environmental or health effects of nanomaterials once they're in the end-of-life phase and become part of... More