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
Publications on Synthetic...
Action plan Synthetic Nanomaterials Final report 2 September 2020 (only available in German and French) Opportunities and Risks of Nanomaterials Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2017 Opportunities and Risks
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
Nanomedicine in Liverpool
contactpointnano was present at Nanomed Europe 23 in Liverpool (June 19-22). This event is organized by ETPN and it is the largest Nanomedicine event in Europe. The
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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
Swiss NanoConvention
Dr. Peter Wick represented contactpointnano and Empa at the Swiss NanoConvention in Neuchâtel (June 15-16, 2023). This year, the topics included nanoimaging, advanced manufacturing at nanoscale, smart
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
Webinar: Open questions a...
Face masks characterize the public spaces today. Together with other measures, such as social distancing, hand hygiene and contact tracing, masks actively contribute to fight the spread
