33 Australian nanotechnology scientists recently attended a 4 day workshop to explore opportunities for collaboration with the US military. Friends of the Earth have raised concerns that the collaboration could contribute to a nano arms race, making the world a much...
Friends of the Earth have called for the Government’s expert committee on antimicrobial resistance to look at the widespread use of nano-silver in consumer products. The call follows the release of a survey by the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance in The...
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) have provided the first evidence that engineered nanoparticles are able to accumulate within plants and damage their DNA. Photo credit:...
A new report in the journal Nature Nanotechnology has found that ultra-fine grains, nanoparticles commonly used in our drugs and processed foods could change the surface structure of our intestinal lining. Nanoparticles like titanium dioxide or aluminium silicate are...
Cosmetics and sunscreen industry group ACCORD has called the Australian government’s refusal to label nanoparticles in sunscreens and cosmetics “out of touch”. In a story on Radio National’s AM, the industry has repeated its calls for labelling...