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EarthTalk: What is 'nanotechnology'?

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 25, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Dear EarthTalk: What is "nanotechnology"? I've heard that nanoparticles are already in consumer products, yet we haven't really studied their potential health impacts. (Dan Zeff, San Francisco)





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findNano app puts nanotech in your pocket

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) has developed findNano, an application for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch that lets users discover and determine whether consumer products are nanotechnology-enabled. Nanotechnology, ...


New nanotechnique producing small things in large quantities

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 04, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (54) | comments 0

Although relatively new to the market, liquid crystal display (LCD) televisions may soon be obsolete, thanks to a new technique created by University of Houston professors.


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Nanotech clay armour creates fire resistant hard wearing latex emulsion paints

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 26, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Warwick's Department of Chemistry have found a way of replacing the soap used to stabilize latex emulsion paints with nanotech sized clay armour that can create a much more ...


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New nanotech products hitting the market at the rate of 3-4 per week

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 24, 2008 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (15) | comments 1

New nanotechnology consumer products are coming on the market at the rate of 3-4 per week, a finding based on the latest update to the nanotechnology consumer product inventory maintained by the Project on ...


Ethical evaluations of nanotechnology

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Recent action in Congress to reauthorize the U.S. federal nanotechnology research program offers the chance to address the social and ethical issues concerning the emerging scientific field, experts say.


EPA takes first step in filling nanotech information gaps

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 28, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published today in the Federal Register its plan for the Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The plan takes a positive first ...


Breakthrough for carbon nanotube materials

Breakthrough for carbon nanotube materials

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 29, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (84) | comments 15

(PhysOrg.com) -- In collaboration with scientists from the NanoTech Institute of the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) – CSIRO has achieved a major breakthrough in the development of a commercially-viable ...


Facebook unplugs "I Hate Muslims in Oz" group

Technology / Internet

created Jun 12, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Facebook has done away with a Muslim-bashing group that had been set up at the popular social networking service.


Survey highlights support for nanotech in health fields but disapproval elsewhere

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 13, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A landmark national survey on the use of nanotechnology for "human enhancement" shows widespread public support for applications of the new technology related to improving human health. However, the survey also shows broad ...


LST builds first global nanotech regulation database

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A global database of government documents on nanotechnology is being launched by three law professors at Arizona State University who, with their colleagues in Australia and Belgium, have corralled and organized ...



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