EPA Backs Nanomaterial Safety Research
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The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $4 million in grants to study the health and environmental risks posed by manufactured nanomaterials -- the new and invisibly tiny materials that
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Chemists unveil a type of material that could eventually help power plants generate electricity without emissions.
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Nanoparticles can be activated by radio frequencies.
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The Transportation Department acknowledged Tuesday encouraging members of Congress to weigh in with the EPA on California's request to implement global warming controls on automakers.
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Nanoparticles allow researchers to initiate biochemical events at will.
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U.S. scientists say they have made a discovery that could help public health officials know instantly when pollution moves into the coastal ocean.
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By Kimberly S. Johnson, The Denver Post  Sep. 19--From cars with crash-alert systems to optical lens filters for  the aerospace industry, Colorado's nanotechnology sector is aiming for big  growth, despite being based on small matter.
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CARLSBAD, Calif., Feb. 14  /PRNewswire/ -- The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) recently informed Assure Controls, Inc. that their company's patented QwikLite(TM) technology was added to the list of technical descriptions listed in the EPA Technology Innovation Program.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued new national water regulations yesterday that it said will help reduce lead in drinking water, keep utilities honest in testing for lead and warn the public when water poses a health risk.
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Former U.S. EPA chief Christie Whitman said Monday the agency did its best to warn workers about environmental hazards after the World Trade Center attack.  Whitman told a congressional committee she did not remember any EPA scientists advising her after the Sept.
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A  test capable of diagnosing the early signs of Alzheimer's disease has been developed in the US using nanotechnology.
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By The Boston Globe  Feb. 7--NANOTEcHNOLOGY -- engineering substances down to billionths of a  meter in size -- holds out such promise of providing super-strong materials or  desalinating water inexpensively that no one wants to put a red light in its  way.
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The fine grit in polluted air boosts the risk of heart disease in older women much more powerfully than scientists realized, a big federally funded study has found, raising questions of whether U.S. environmental standards are strict enough.
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By Kristopher Hanson, Press-Telegram, Long Beach, Calif.  Dec. 19--LONG BEACH -- USC and a state air quality agency are teaming up  to capture and test the origin of tiny pollution particles floating around  harbor communities.
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The EPA tightens its rules on very small particles, but not enough to satisfy environmentalists
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A chemical from rocket fuel that has seeped into drinking-water supplies nationwide is safe at higher doses than federal environmental officials had concluded, according to a report released Monday.
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Sending your favourite suit to the dry-cleaners could one day be an infrequent practice when &quot;self-cleaning&quot; clothing become the norm, thanks to progress in nano-technology, the American Chemical Society has said.