A Loughborough University research team has won research funding from the UK-based Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) to examine the health and safety considerations of nanotechnology.

Five Empa laboratories involved in the EU NanoHouse project, along with four other European research institutes and four industrial partners, have been researching the danger of nano-dust from façade paint.

There has been an explosion in the number of nano-based products in recent years. Research in this field has attracted a great deal of scientific interest, due in part to the wide variety of potential applications in the biomedical, electronic and coatings fields.

A new ASTM International standard provides clear steps to collect airborne nanomaterials and analyze them to determine their surface area.

Three stakeholder groups agree that regulators are not adequately prepared to manage the risks posed by nanotechnology, according to a paper that appeared in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS One.