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Surface area as a measure for toxicity of nanoparticles
Researchers show on the example of carbon nanoparticles that the surface area is suited much more for a measure of toxicity of nanoparticles compared to... More
Seminar about safe handling on nanomaterials
IAG Dresden and the Innovation Society offer a seminar about the safe handling on nanomaterials from the 26th – 28th September. The seminar is hold... More
Regulation of Nanomaterials at the 10th International Nano-Authorities-Dialogue in Bern (CH)
The 10th International Nano-Authorities-Dialogue took place on May 18 and 19, 2016, at the invitation of the Federal Office for the Environment of Switzerland. More... More
The Innovation Society and the “Nanorama Loft” on TV
The television channel RTS reports on nanoparticles in food and consumer goods. They show a brief interview with Christoph Meili of the Innovation Society and... More
How nanoparticles flow through the environment
Carbon nanotubes remain attached to materials for years while titanium dioxide and nanozinc are rapidly washed out of cosmetics and accumulate in the ground. Researchers... More
Fat-eating nanoparticles
Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have developed nanoparticles that can deliver antiobesity drugs directly to fat tissue. Overweight mice treated with these... More
Approval of zinc oxide in cosmetics
Zink oxide has been approved by the EU for its use in... More
Nanoparticles present sustainable way to grow food crops
Scientists are working diligently now to prepare for the expected increase in global population — and therefore an increased need for food production— in the... More