According to an opinion study titled ‘Envisioning Emerging Nanotechnologies: A Three-Year Panel Study of South Carolina Citizens,’ very few people in the panel have expressed concern about the risk of nanotechnology and over 67% of the panel have said that the new technology will improve the quality of their lives, especially in the medical field.
In order to study the toxic effects on skin by zinc oxide nanoparticles, the commonly used ingredient in sunscreen products, a team of researchers from Switzerland and Australia has devised an optical method to quantitatively examine the zinc oxide nanoparticle concentration level at various skin depths.
Researchers at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have discovered that nanoparticles of zinc oxide, a widely used chemical in consumer products, are capable of causing cancer.
According to two reports on nanotoxicology, most of the studies conducted in the past ten years mainly focused on the application of nanomaterials rather than their risk to the human health and environment.
According to a study carried out by Dr. Eric R. Blough and his team at Marshall University’s Center for Diagnostic Nanosystems, cerium oxide nanoparticles, which are utilized as fuel additives to improve the fuel efficiency of engines of automobiles, can enter the liver from the lungs and cause damage to the liver.
An Empa research study on nanomaterials for example, carbon nanotubes has revealed that carbon nanotubes inhibit the growth of green algae by reducing the amount of space and light supplied to the plant but the material does not affect the plant lethally.
SAFENANO & the Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM) are proud to announce the official launch of European Research project MARINA (MAnaging RIsks of NAnoparticles).
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Scientists at the University of Southampton are investigating the possibility of honey bee populations getting affected due to nanoparticles found in diesel.
Brown University researchers have revealed the mystery behind the interest of cells towards asbestos fibers and similar materials at the nanoscale even though they cannot be completely ingested by the cells.
The University of Plymouth researchers have for the first time demonstrated the detrimental impact of nanoparticles on an animal’s brain and other areas in the central nervous system.
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