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From ‘living' cement to medicine-delivering biofilms, biologists remake the material world
Posted On: 02/16/22
Engineered living materials (ELM) are designed to blur boundaries. They use cells, mostly microbes, to build inert stru...
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Nano Matters: Using Nanotechnology to Make Concrete Stronger and More Durable
Posted On: 02/08/22
In this episode of the “Nano Matters” podcast, Ange Akono, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineeri...
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Nanoscale window coating could help reduce energy costs
Posted On: 02/04/22
Double-pane windows, which sandwich a layer of insulating air, can offer improved energy efficiency over single-pane wi...
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NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin 65: Occupational Exposure to Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers
Posted On: 08/22/14
This NIOSH CIB, (1) reviews the animal and other toxicological data relevant to assessing the potential non-malignant a...
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NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin 63: Occupational Exposure to Titanium Dioxide
Posted On: 08/23/14
NIOSH recommends exposure limits of 2.4 mg/m3 for fine TiO2 and 0.3 mg/m3 for ultrafine (including engineered nanoscale...
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Nanotechnology 101
Posted On: 09/28/15
"Imagine something so small that it's a million times smaller than the length of an ant. Then consider the ability ...