Nanomaterials in Our Environment

Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 16:00 in Earth & Climate

In a study funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a team of scientists from the University of Kentucky determined that earthworms could absorb copper nanoparticles present in soil. The manufacturing of nanomaterials has been steadily on the rise in the medical, industrial, and scientific fields.

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