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University of Houston to install nanotech-coated air filters on campus to prevent COVID-19 spread
Posted On: 04/09/21
The University of Houston's Facilities/Construction Management Preventive Maintenance team is working on a project ...
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Team turns pyrolyzed ash into graphene for improving concrete, other compounds
Posted On: 04/02/21
Pyrolyzed plastic ash is worthless, but perhaps not for long. The technique by the lab of Rice chemist James Tour turns...
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Researchers construct molecular nanofibers that are stronger than steel
Posted On: 04/02/21
MIT researchers have designed small molecules that spontaneously form nanoribbons when water is added. They discovered ...
Featured Articles
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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 ...