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
Clinam Summit in Basel
This year, the 14th European and Global Summit for Clinical Nanomedicine (CLINAM Summit) organized by the European Foundation for Clinical Nanomedicine will take place on 8-11 October
Reliable knowledge on nan...
contactpointnano.ch helps with questions about nanomaterials A new contact point for start-ups, SMEs and industry bundles the scientific and regulatory expertise in the field of nanotechnology available
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
Developing trends in nano...
Waste containing nanomaterials — or nanowaste — is an emerging safety concern worldwide, warranting specific environmentally sound waste management and regulation. Authors: Arturo A. Keller, Alex Ehrens, Yuanfang Zheng & Bernd
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
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
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
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
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
