Topic: carbon nanotubes

No nanotube fertility risk

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Researchers have found that carbon nanotubes injected into male mice cause damage to the testes, but the harm is reversible and does not affect fertility.

Carbon nanotubes enhance battery power

Monday, June 21st, 2010

Using carbon nanotubes in a battery’s electrode produced up to a 10-fold increase in the amount of power a battery could deliver.

Human body can break down carbon nanotubes

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

New research shows that an enzyme found in white blood cells can break down carbon nanotubes in the body.

Better batteries with nano-cables

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Nano-sized cables made with titanium dioxide-coated carbon nanotubes could hold the key to developing new high-capacity batteries.

2009, a big year for nano safety

Friday, January 29th, 2010

SAFENANO provides a summary of key nano health and safety developments from 2009, and considers how these are likely to shape nano in 2010.

An electrifying advance toward tomorrow’s power suits

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Powering your iPod or cell phone could become as easy as plugging it into your tee shirt or jeans.

New review on health and safety of nanomaterials

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

A European consortium has just published a review of the health and safety of engineered nanomaterials.

Smart paper detects toxins in water

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

A strip of paper infused with carbon nanotubes can quickly and inexpensively detect a toxin produced by algae in drinking water.

Nanotechnology: peering into the future

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

In a few decades human and machine will merge, illness will be eradicated, and human beings will live to 150. Take a journey into the imaginations of scientists and futurists pondering ways to use nanotechnologies, and discussions about how society should or could use them.

Research to find where nanomaterials go in the body

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

US researchers, using a National Institutes of Health grant, will learn the fate of manufactured carbon nanomaterials once they are in the body – particularly where environmental or occupational exposure can occur.