Sentences with phrase «use of nanotechnology»

The group also charged in a new report that the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), the government body created to oversee such efforts, lacks a coherent plan for ensuring that current and future uses of nanotechnology do not pose a risk to human health or the environment.

Aside from the health risks, some commentators have expressed concern about the potential ethical and social effects the wider use of nanotechnologies might have on society.

[28]: 5 — 6 The use of nanotechnology - based products in the production of organic food is prohibited in some jurisdictions (Canada, the UK, and Australia) and is unregulated in others.

«The use of nanotechnology in scaffolds to assist with regenerating cartilage is novel,» says Constance Chu, director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Cartilage Restoration Program and an orthopedic surgeon specializing in cartilage regeneration and osteoarthritis, «and would be of high interest if it can eventually improve the functional properties of the regenerated cartilage.»

At the same time, she said, it will give them a foundation for understanding climate change, alternative energy sources, the uses of nanotechnology, and other science topics that are already the focus of policy debate.

Previous studies by other researchers have shown that increasing the use of nanotechnology in agriculture in densely populated countries such as India and China has made an impact on reducing malnutrition and child mortality.

The use of nanotechnology in medicine opens the door to many great possibilities.

January 24, 2018 - The use of nanotechnology has exploded over the past few decades, with more and more manufacturers including nanoparticles (microscopic particles that are bigger than an atom but smaller than what the human eye can see) in clothing, food, and various...

Dmitri Lapotko, a Belarusian researcher with a background in laser weaponry, made a name for himself at Rice University in Houston, where he studied the use of nanotechnology to diagnose and treat human diseases.