The new work suggests that a preparation of boron nitride could outperform many nanomaterials and more traditional approaches.
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Brands, PepsiCo, and Whole Foods, need to know more about nanomaterials and check with their supplies to see if they are using them.
While such a scenario does appear alarmist and unlikely in reality, there remains nonetheless a sense of disquiet over the safety of nanomaterials, and their potential toxicity should they be released into the environment.
More companies and consumers need to be aware of the use of engineered nanomaterials in foods and the potential unknown risks of this technology.
An assortment of technologies is advancing at exponential rates and converging in fields such as robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), computing, synthetic biology, 3D printing, medicine, and nanomaterials.
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The same is happening in fields such as robotics, AI, 3D printing, nanomaterials, medicine, and synthetic biology.
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Researchers are currently working on embedding nanosensors into ultra-strong and lightweight nanomaterials for the military uniforms of the future at MIT's new Institute of Solider Nanotechnologies.
MEPs have called on the Commission to examine whether the scope of the Seveso Directive should be extended to include offshore oil exploration, pipelines and certain nanomaterials.
The draft NNI nanoEHS Strategy includes a scientific framework that incorporates the research needed to assess the environmental, health and safety of nanomaterials.
Donald Fitzmaurice, a professor of nanomaterials at University College Dublin, and the founder of Nanomat, believes that thin films made of metal-oxide nanoparticles could have a promising future in solar cells and batteries.
However, it is easier to clean and re-use than other such "nanomaterials".
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Some of the earliest applications of nanomaterials have been in products such as stain-resistant fabrics, self-cleaning windows and harder-wearing tennis balls, but more and more are turning up in cosmetics and skin lotions such as sun-blockers.
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