Country-scale calculation...
Plastic particles less than five millimeters in size, also known as microplastics, often settle far away from their point of origin. Empa researchers have now developed a
Microplastics and Nanopla...
Recently, the European Commission published a study that provides further information on the intentional uses of microplastic particles in products and the risks they pose to human
Crucial results for coron...
Empa researcher Peter Wick, Head of the Particles-Biology Interactions Laboratory in St. Gallen and Director of contactpointnano.ch talks to Empa Quarterly about recent antibody studies, which are
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eREACHNano is a new free web tool focused on helping small and medium-sized companies that may lack sufficient in-house expertise on the regulation covering nanomaterials.
NanoGVA Symposium
The 2nd NanoGVA Symposium “Creating the Invisible: the development of nanomedicines” will be hosted by the University of Geneva on October 5-6, 2023. The symposium will deal
The MACRAMÉ Project, a 36-months research and innovation action, funded by the European Commission’s Horizon Europe Framework Programme, commenced its ambitious, collaborative workprogramme on the characterisation and
Medical Device Regulation...
Join us on December 14, 2020 for contactpointnano.ch‘s second webinar and learn about how to navigate new regulations for medical devices and new requirements regarding nanomaterials. Time: 13.00
Questions about nanomater...
New initiative to pool know-how on synthetic nanomaterials in Switzerland Hönggerberg, June 7, 2018 – At the Swiss Nano Convention 2018, taking place at ETH Zurich this
Characterizing Nanopartic...
Live Webinar, Thursday 19 November, 15:00 (Zürich). Guest speaker Dr. Sandor Balog, Details, Please register for this event using this link
The need for awareness an...
Published in Nature Nanotechnology by the group of Alke Petri-Fink and Barbara Rothen-Rutishauer (www.nature.com/articles/s41565-023-01331-4). The authors discuss the safety concerns on handling and disposing nanomaterials, the possible