Here comes nanofood
Food processor Blue Pacific is out to create the "next generation of food solutions" through nanotechnology.
Their new Taste Nanology process allows food and beverage manufacturers to deve…
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McDonald’s goes nanotech
With nanotechnology-enhanced paints already available at Home Depot, cosmetics at Bloomingdale's, and sportswear at Niketown, it was only a matter of time before your friendly MacDonald's burg…
Businesses and environmentalists team up to call for nanotechnology safety funding
It's not often that corporate superpowers like DuPont and environmental activists like Environmental Defense see eye to eye on anything, but it now appears that nanotechnology is bringing them tog…
Nanotechnology and nature
We often hear that nanotechnology will transform everything we design and make. That comment is usually followed by speculation about all the wonderful ways we are going to transform things. What'…
Nanotechnology: New wave or technological tsunami?
"More than a new wave of technology, nanotechnology is a technological tsunami, unseen until it is upon us." That' s the ominous message delivered by Canadian biotechnology advisor Pat …
Nanotechnology environmental, health and safety debate heats up
The debate over safety in nanotechnology is heating up with increasing calls for more spending on studies of environmental, health and safety (EHS) impacts. Several recent studies have also suggested …
EPA draft whitepaper on health and environment open to comments
Everybody talks about the need to increase public input on nanotechnology. Well here's your Opportunity to tell the Environmental Protection Agency what issues you think they should address to en…