How nanotech can meet the poor's water needs
Nanotechnology holds huge potential for supplying clean water to the world's poor, but many challenges must be overcome to realise it.
Putting science
at the heart of development
Researchers are busy trying to harness nanotechnology for clean water. This Spotlight looks at when we can expect results, what are the risks and how nano-based solutions can be delivered to the millions lacking access to safe water in developing countries?
(Credit: CBEN/Rice University)
Features
Nanotechnology for clean water: Facts and figures
Nanotechnology could help give millions clean drinking water. David J. Grimshaw outlines the potential, the progress and some of the risks.
6 May 2009 | EN | ES | FR | 中文
Nanosponges: South Africa's high hopes for clean water
Can nanosponges solve a continent's water contamination problems? Munyaradzi Makoni investigates.
Opinions
Community ownership is key to nanotech water projects
Nanotechnology must be effectively shared with stakeholders if it's to deliver clean water, say Thembela Hillie and Mbhuti Hlophe.
6 May 2009 | EN | ES | FR | 中文
Nanoscale water treatment needs innovative engineering
Engineering a useable product is the key to making nanotechnology work for water treatment, says Ashok Raichur.
6 May 2009 | EN | ES | FR | 中文
Nanotech for water can help business innovate and grow
Developing world businesses must invest in nanotech research and development for clean water to stay ahead, says Mohamed Abdel-Mottaleb.
6 May 2009 | EN | ES | FR | 中文
Developing world advances nanotech for clean water
Developing countries are making good progress on nanotech for clean water, say Paulo Sergio de Paula Herrmann Jr. and José Antônio Brum.
6 May 2009 | EN | ES | FR | 中文
Nanotech for clean water: New technology, new rules?
Emerging nanotech for purifying water at this stage should be regulated with existing laws, say Malini Balakrishnan and Nidhi Srivastava.
6 May 2009 | EN | ES | FR | 中文
News
Regulation must match advances in nanotechnology
15 December 2010
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EN
Chile and Germany team up on research
2 November 2010
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ES
Brazil and Mexico lead nanotechnology in the region
18 October 2010
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ES
Scientists develop effective and cheap water nanofilter
21 September 2010
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India 'must regulate nanotechnology' urgently
11 October 2007
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EN
Brazil needs 'public-private partnerships in nanotech'
19 July 2005
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EN
Ten-year nanotechnology plan proposed in Argentina
27 June 2005
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EN
Big development role for tiny technology, says study
12 April 2005
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EN
Developing world 'needs nanotech network'
11 February 2005
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EN
Can tiny science bring big solutions to world's poor?
31 January 2005
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EN
Science of the small could create 'nano-divide'
2 August 2004
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