This paper presents a detailed overview of the processes and technologies emerging globally in the field of nanoscience with specific application to water treatment systems. The paper highlights the cost - effectiveness and high - performance of such processes.
Policies that predict and direct innovative research might seem to be a practical impossibility, says David H. Guston, but social sciences point to a solution.
Nanotechnology can be risky, but no one is regulating its use Thanks to nanotechnology, that allows grinding particles to atomic levels, you now have face creams that spread so smoothly on your skin that only a transparent sheen is visible, no layers. While that seamless make-up is desirable, cosmetics using such finely ground particles, called nanoparticles, might not be as harmless as they
Researchers in the United States announced on Friday they had created a paper-like membrane made of nano-scale materials that could clean up oil pollution and other chemical spills. The substance can absorb up to 20 times its own weight in oil and be recycled again and again for future use, while the oil itself can also be recovered and used, they reported in the specialist journal Nature Nanotechnology.
Norwegian-born philanthropist Fred Kavli awarded seven scientists his first batch of $1 million prizes for astrophysics, neuroscience and nanotechnology on Wednesday. Kavli, a physicist who left Norway in 1955 with $300 and turned it into a $340 million fortune in California, set up the prize for advances in research ranging from deep space to how the brain works and the use of molecule-sized devices.
Could nanotechnology revive an old killer? That's the fear being raised by the discovery that carbon nanotubes shred the lung lining in a similar way to asbestos fibres. Ken Donaldson at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and colleagues injected carbon nanotubes into the abdominal cavity of mice. One week later, the tissue surrounding the abdominal organs of the mice showed a level of inflammation similar to that caused by asbestos exposure.
there is help at hand for those undergoing bone implants. A new and stronger material paves the way for better recovery after knee or hip surgeries. Researchers from the Department of Chemistry at
Cornell, Stanford and Texas A&M universities each will receive grants of $20 million to $25 miliion from a new Saudi Arabian research institution to study nano materials solar energy and computational science. The grants come from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology or KAUST a graduate-level research school set to officially open next year in Thuwal,about80 km north of Jeddah. Cornell and Stanford will receive about $25 million each, and Texas A&M will receiveabout$20 million.
scientists have designed a method that may make production of aroma in fruits easier, and also cheaper. Alternatively, the product can also be used to get rid of impurities in insulin made in a
a new nanowire promises to revolutionalize the world of nanotechnology. Developed by scientists at Harvard University, the wire, which is a fraction of the width of human hair, will function as a
