Researchers believe nanotechnology is changing agriculture and many other industries, but in some cases our ability to manipulate molecule-sized bits of material may be jumping ahead of what we know ...

The World Nano Foundation, a leading not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to the international commercialization of nanoscale technologies across 16 industry sectors, is proud to announce ...

The continual and rapid growth in the global population has substantially increased the demand for food. However, global warming has led to climatic changes that have affected agricultural production.

(Beyond Pesticides, April 13, 2007) A broad coalition of public interest, non-profit and labor groups, including Beyond Pesticides, have issued a letter calling the international nanotechnology ...

Your cell phone may one day be powered by a nanoprotein extracted from spinanch. Leafy vegetables use photosynthesis to convert solar energy in order to grow, said Hongda Chen, a national program ...

The results from the first ever meta-analysis of its kind suggest that nanotechnology could help improve the design of today’s agrochemicals. It might thus help reduce the impact that modern ...

Scientists describe how nanotechnology principles developed to deliver toxic drugs to cancer cells could help produce more environmentally-friendly pesticides and fungicides. (Nanowerk News) Cancer ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. Your fruits and vegetables might soon contain nanosensors that can tell farmers if they’re safe from pathogens -- at least, that’s what ...

While nanoparticles can be found in a wide variety of natural sources including sand, ocean spray, volcanic ash, dust, and even blood-borne proteins, the manipulation and engineering of various bulk ...

Nanotechnology – when matter is manipulated at the microscopic level – has the potential to be transformative in many fields. One of these fields is agriculture. Nanotechnology can make a significant ...

It's easy to forget where our food comes from when tearing into a mechanically prepared and microwave-heated frozen dinner, but global agriculture is a trillion-dollar business that touches more than ...

But there are also a lot of positives. Let's take a look at the potentially beneficial effects nanotechnology-enabled innovations could have on our foods and, subsequently, on our health. Generally, ...