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Collaboration is key to protecting nanotechnology workers - NanoWerk, USA
In an earlier Spotlight we reported on NIOSH’s Nanotechnology Research Center (NTRC) and its efforts concerning the occupational safety and health perspectives of engineered nanomaterials (Nanotechnology in the workplace). Today, we are looking at the specific steps undertaken by companies active in the field.
Thailand makes environmentally friendly bags - CCTV, China
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Of the 85,000 tons of waste Bangkok produces every day, 21% is made up of plastic bags. The burning of the plastic releases large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. In an effort to discourage the use of plastic bags, a company in Thailand has introduced a line of environmentally friendly bags, made with fine cotton coated with nano-particles to render them water and oil resistant. |
Nanotechnology pioneers win physics Nobel - Financial Times, USA
Two Europeans have won this year’s Nobel physics prize for a nanotechnology discovery that has led to the miniaturisation of hard disks in laptop computers and music players.
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The articles presented here do not necessarily reflect the views of the Citizens' Coalition on Nanotechnology.
Coming from varied sources with different points of view, they make a range of perspectives available, so people can see the diversity of debates currently going on. Sharing different perspectives is essential to healthy citizen deliberation and democracy.
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You might consider “nano” a buzz word here designed to get attention and make the work seem more contemporary than it is. The work was done about 20 years ago and addresses magnetism, which of course has relevance from the micro to the macro level of interactions. Computer processing miniaturization isn’t the focus of most of our struggles with nano, though we could twist our lens to view it that way.
You could make similar nano claims for a very large number of recent Nobels (e.g., nanoscale switches from Bose-Einstein condensate research), but it is more hype than reality.