Nano Breakthrough to Revolutionize Waste Water Management

Understanding Public Debate on Nanotechnologies: Options for Framing Public Policy -- The Innovation Society (2/8/2010) The Governance and Ethics Unit of the Directorate General for Research (DG Research) of the European Commission (EC) has published an overview paper on options for framing public policy on nanotechnologies. [More]

UN Patent Filings Dropped for 1st Time Since 1978 -- ABC news (2/8/2010) The United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), an entity through which a company can, for a fee, file a request for patent protection in any or all of the 142 countries that have subscribed to the U.N.'s Patent Cooperation Treaty, reported that the number of international patent filings dropped last year for the first time since 1978. [More]

TECHNOLOGY: Science Panel Probes Renewable Energy's Current Use of China's Rare Metals -- Environment & Energy Daily (2/8/2010) A United States House of Representatives Science and Technology subcommittee this week will hold a hearing on rare earth mineral production and the resource's role in the growing clean energy industry. [More]

Nanofood for Thought -- Nature Nanotechnology (2/5/2010) This editorial, in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, is in response to the recent report, "Nanotechnologies and Food", released in January by the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, United Kingdom, that criticized the food industry for failing to be transparent about its research into the uses of nanotechnologies and nanomaterials. [More]

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our team contact us site map	Nano Breakthrough to Revolutionize Waste Water Management Summary posted by Meridian on 1/27/2009 Source: South China Morning Post Author: Michael Taylor A Hong Kong-based company, Dunwell Enviro-Tech, has engineered a recyclable nanoparticle that not only attracts metal ions and organic molecules, but can release the contaminant and be used again. The company believes the product, developed with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, is set to revolutionize waste water management. The technology could also be used in plating and mining operations, in which large quantities of water are used, and released back into the environment. The nanoparticles could remove the polluting metals and improve the water quality. According to Daniel M. Cheng, managing director of Dunwell, "[W]ith this technology, they can treat the water and recover precious metals at the same time. The function of this type of nano is to act as a sort of transport vehicle that grabs the precious metals, releases them and goes back to work. They are almost like microscopic trucks." The product was released last year and the company hopes to make it available worldwide. The article can be viewed online at the link below. The original article may still be available at www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0... As tagged by Meridian Institute: Implications: Human Enhancement, Economic Competitiveness Nanomaterials: Metal Nanoparticle Regions: East and South Asia and the Pacific Stakeholders: Government, Industry, Academia Water And Sanitation: Purification, Quality, Sanitation Related Forums: Water and Sanitation Economic Competitiveness print format	NDN Home Subscribe Manage Subscription Search News Archives Understanding Public Debate on Nanotechnologies: Options for Framing Public Policy -- The Innovation Society (2/8/2010) The Governance and Ethics Unit of the Directorate General for Research (DG Research) of the European Commission (EC) has published an overview paper on options for framing public policy on nanotechnologies. [More] UN Patent Filings Dropped for 1st Time Since 1978 -- ABC news (2/8/2010) The United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), an entity through which a company can, for a fee, file a request for patent protection in any or all of the 142 countries that have subscribed to the U.N.'s Patent Cooperation Treaty, reported that the number of international patent filings dropped last year for the first time since 1978. [More] TECHNOLOGY: Science Panel Probes Renewable Energy's Current Use of China's Rare Metals -- Environment & Energy Daily (2/8/2010) A United States House of Representatives Science and Technology subcommittee this week will hold a hearing on rare earth mineral production and the resource's role in the growing clean energy industry. [More] Nanofood for Thought -- Nature Nanotechnology (2/5/2010) This editorial, in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, is in response to the recent report, "Nanotechnologies and Food", released in January by the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, United Kingdom, that criticized the food industry for failing to be transparent about its research into the uses of nanotechnologies and nanomaterials. [More] More News... Learn how to include these headlines on your own website by clicking here. Please email us if you require text-only versions of the daily emails.