In a new study based on a simulated real-world environment, researchers have found that exposure to relatively low levels of super-small silver particles can cause problems within an ecosystem.
The study, published this week in the journal PLOS ONE, attempted to mimic the exposure plants and microorganisms might get to nanosilver, which is […]
A group of European scientists say they’ve discovered a way to ease the biggest fear about some types of carbon nanotubes by changing their chemistry and making them shorter.
If these new findings, published recently in Angewandte Chemie, hold up, they could resolve a central tension in the development of multi-walled carbon nanotubes. […]
A common home-building practice may expose workers to super-small particles carrying a standard flame retardant, according to a new study.
Scientists from Switzerland and China looked at two types of common polystyrene foam that’s often used to line the walls of buildings — and is also treated with brominated flame retardants to reduce fire […]
Noted: Environmental Health News has a good rundown of a paper released this summer that shows titanium dioxide nanoparticles — an increasingly common ingredient in sunscreens — can release free radicals after exposure to chlorine and sunlight.
These results add another layer to the running debate over the safety and efficacy of so-called […]
Chinese officials are urging the country’s nanotechnology sector to take safety more seriously, according to a news report in the academic journal Nature.
Jane Qiu reports from the 6th Annual Conference on Nanotoxicology, which was held in Beijing earlier this month. She quotes the deputy director of the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ National […]
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