CEINT News

April 26, 2012

Paper Makes JEM Top 10 Most Accessed

Characterization of Ti,O particle aggregates in SS II. A paper published by CEINT researchers collaborating at Virginia Tech and Duke has made the list of top ten accessed articles from the online version of the Journal of Environmental Monitoring, during the month of March. Characterization and [...]

February 24, 2012

Wiesner, guest on Radio In Vivo

CEINT's director, Mark Wiesner, was recently interviewed by Ernie Hood on Radio In Vivo, a weekly science radio program that features interviews with scientists in the North Carolina Research Triangle. In January 2012, the National Academy of Sciences published a report titled, "A research strategy [...]

January 26, 2012

Panel Urges Review of Nanomaterials Risks

Following the publication of a special report issued by the National Academy of Science calling for increased research into the environmental health and safety of engineered nanomaterials, CEINT director Professor Mark Wiesner was interviewed by the New York Times for comments. Professor Wiesner [...]

January 17, 2012

CEINT research featured in C&EN’s Chemistry Year in Review

Each year, C&E News publishes hundreds of articles on important research advances in chemistry. In their annual Chemistry Year in Review the C&E News editors reveal their choices for some of the “superlative achievements” in chemistry that were featured during the year. This review also [...]

November 08, 2011

Does Every Silver Lining Have a Cloud?

A new educational video "Does Every Silver Lining Have a Cloud?" featuring the Duke led Center for the Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology (CEINT) was just released. This video focuses on CEINT researchers discussing their integrated research initiatives which are designed to link [...]

July 18, 2011

Mark Wiesner receives the 2011 Clarke Prize

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. – The benefits and potential risks of using nanotechnology to revolutionize water treatment processes were highlighted at the Eighteenth Annual NWRI Clarke Prize Lecture and Award Ceremony, held by the National Water Research Institute (NWRI) of Fountain Valley, California, [...]

June 28, 2011

Characterizing the corrosion processes of Silver Nanoparticles

Many toxicity studies show the toxic effect of silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs). However most of these toxicity studies are not relevant to environmental conditions because they do not consider transformations of Ag-NPs expected in the environment and, therefore, may not be evaluating the [...]

May 17, 2011

Mark Wiesner to Receive the 2011 Clarke Prize

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. – The National Water Research Institute (NWRI) announced today that environmental engineer Mark R. Wiesner, the James L. Meriam Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Duke University, is the eighteenth recipient of the NWRI Athalie Richardson Irvine Clarke [...]

December 16, 2010

Nanoparticles found in food chain of tobacco hornworms

A new study by CEINT researchers provides the first evidence that nanoparticles can build up in a terrestrial food chain. Paul Bertsch and colleagues at the University of Kentucky have found that gold nanoparticles accumulate in tobacco plants and then concentrate further in tobacco hornworms ( [...]

December 12, 2010

Center-wide CEINT REU program funded by NSF

CEINT has been award funding from the National Science Foundation to create a new Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program beginning summer 2011. This summer research experience for undergraduates will allow students to focus on research organized across a comprehensive, [...]

October 27, 2010

Jeremy Gernand, recipient of 2010 SRA Student Merit Award

A paper written by CEINT doctoral student, Jeremy Gernand, has been selected to receive the 2010 student merit award from the Society of Risk Analysis Emerging Nanoscale Materials Specialty Group. In December, Gernand will present his paper titled, “Identifying Information-rich characterization [...]

October 08, 2010

Evidence for Bioavailability of Au NPs from Soil within Earthworms

Jason Unrine, University of Kentucky, and colleagues are perhaps the first to demonstrate that a soil organism can ingest gold nanoparticles from their surrounding soil and accumulate them in their tissues. This CEINT-sponsored research was published in a paper titled, "Evidence for Bioavailability [...]

October 01, 2010

Fate of Nanoparticles in Waste

Bojeong Kim is first author on a recent CEINT-sponsored research paper published in Environmental Science and Technology titled, "Discovery and Characterization of Silver Sulfide Nanoparticles in Final Sewage Sludge Products" (DOI: 10.1021/es101565j). This paper represents research conducted by Dr [...]

October 01, 2010

Stacey Louie Receives EPA STAR Fellowship

Stacey Louie is a 2010 recipient of the EPA STAR (Science to Achieve Results) fellowship. Louie is a doctoral student studying at Carnegie Mellon University, under the guidance of faculty adviser Dr. Greg Lowry, CEINT Deputy Director, and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The STAR [...]

July 29, 2010

CEINT Adds New International Nano-Safety Initiative

The cleanliness of our water faces pressures from many directions. More factories mean more discharges, a growing population leads to more wastewater, and more runoff from lawns and farms carries pollutants into waterways. While there are many elements in water that may be harmful to people and the [...]

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