One nanometer is one millionth of a millimeter. Or, in other words, about 100,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair.
The size relationship between a nanometer and a football corresponds to the size relationship between a football and the globe.
Nanotechnology means working with very small materials: less than 100 nanometers (nm).
Talking about making an impact! The European Chemical Agency (@ECHA) has just published its new guidelines on testing of nanomaterials (see
We have just added product number 3,000 to The Nanodatabase! Product number 2,000 was added in September, 2015 meaning the database has grown with 1,000 products over the course of just 18...
A new study by researchers at DTU Environment and GenØk in Tromsø, Norway raises serious questions about the use of the concept "Safety by Design" (SbD) in nanosafety...
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