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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Risk research needed for water nanotechnology

Nanotechnology could help make drinking water safe, but the risks have to be weighed, say Thembela Hillie and Mbhuti Hlophe.

Source: Nature Nanotechnology

25 October 2007 | EN

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The developing world embraces nanotechnology

Developing nations are recognising the economic potential of nanotechnology, but the global scientific community should take steps to avoid a South-South divide, says Mohamed H.A. Hassan.

Source: Science

1 July 2005 | EN