by Ravithree Senanayake With the global population at nearly 8 billion, there is a growing demand for a safer and more sustainable ways of food production. New technologies are constantly being developed to help keep …
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Combining the Old With the New: using nanotechnology to enhance ancient medicines
by Larissa Davis You walk past a body products store on a weekend shopping trip and are immediately overtaken by fragrance, your nose saturated with floral, sugary and tropical scents. Intrigued by the promise of …
The Copper Touch
by Seth Frandedited by Joe Buchman When you hear “copper,” is the first thing that comes to your mind “medicine”? Probably not. You likely think of pennies (which are actually composed of mostly zinc here …
Nano-textiles: The Fabric of the Future
by Izzy Foreman-Ortiz edited by Arielle Mensch and Emily Caudill When you think of futuristic clothing, you probably imagine lots of metallics, holographic accents, and textures. In fact, the sci-fi imagery that springs to mind …
Graphene Oxide: A new tool in the war against bacteria
by Laura Olenickedited by Joe Buchman Animals evolve strong defenses against predators. Predators evolve to better kill and catch their prey. Plants evolve defenses against insects. Insects evolve defenses against plants. We evolve defenses against …
Ep 5. What’s the Deal With Triclosan?
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration recently announced a ban on using the antibacterial agent triclosan (and 18 other substances) in soaps, and then last week the issue of antibacterial resistance was discussed at the UN General Assembly. In this episode of the Sustainable Nano podcast, we talk with scientist Eric Melby about different types of antibacterial chemicals and why we should care about triclosan in the environment.
From Leap Year to Frogs to Nanotechnology
by Caley Allen edited by Ian Gunsolus In case you hadn’t noticed, today is February 29! That means this is a leap year. Occurring once every four years, leap years have 366 days rather than …
How Perceived Fears May Influence Companies’ Labeling of Nanoparticles
by Ese Ehimiaghe edited by Juli Troiano A few weeks ago I stumbled across an article about THINX, a new company that is innovating women’s underwear. They are using existing technologies to improve women’s underwear; …