17 Aug 2021
The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety has published their main comments for the EU public consultation on the definition of nanomaterials.
17 Aug 2021
ISO/TS 21633:2021, “Label-free impedance technology to assess the toxicity of nanomaterials in vitro”. This document describes a methodology of a label free and real-time detection for non-invasive monitoring of cell-based assays to assess toxicity of nanomaterials to eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. (link)
Published 11.08.2021
17 Aug 2021
The updated guidance takes account of relevant scientific studies that provide insights to physico‐chemical properties, exposure assessment and hazard characterisation of nanomaterials and areas of applicability.
17 Aug 2021
The EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP) assessed the safety of the additive silver nanoparticles intended to be used in plastics.
6 Aug 2021
The European Commission publishes an annual status report on the use of nanomaterials in cosmetic products. The 2021 report, released at the end of July, includes the following findings:
27 Jul 2021
In an article published this week by Parliament Magazine, Member of the European Parliament Petar Vitanov called for a centralized regulatory approach to nanomedicine.
7 Jul 2021
VSPARTICLE, NIA member, has an open Call to receive multiple days-worth of VSP-P1 Nanostructured Material Printer access equivalent to €10,000 worth of contract research. Read more about the conditions HERE.
16 Jun 2021
The Horizon Europe Work Programme 2021-22 was published today. Horizon Europe is the main EU funding scheme for collaborative research and innovation projects, with a €95.5 billion budget for the period 2021-27.
14 Jun 2021
Following its first stakeholder meeting on safe- and sustainable-by-design (SSbD), the European Commission has launched a stakeholder consultation to complement the findings of the mapping study it released in April. The consultation, which is open until June 30, will inform the development of SSbD criteria for the chemicals sector.
10 Jun 2021
Billons of euros has been invested by both the private and public sector in nanotechnology research to help advance this key enabling technology. Several large-scale collaborative projects have investigated the environmental and human health aspects of nanomaterials. There has been a clear gap on the reuse of data between various projects and an...
3 Jun 2021
We’re happy to welcome a new member to NIA. GAIKER Technology Centre, based in the Basque Country, is a research institute offering innovative technological solutions for corporations. Established as a foundation in 1985, the institute’s expertise includes biotechnology, sustainable composites, and functional polymers. In addition to R&D...
1 Jun 2021
NIA's nanopinion 'Updating our language: why we should not paint all nanoforms with the same brush ' was published on the European Observatory of Nanomaterials (EUON) website:
20 May 2021
We are glad to announce that a new member has joined NIA. Applied Graphene Materials (AGM) was founded in the UK in 2010 and has grown to an industry-leading organization in the field of graphene dispersion, listed on the FTSE AIM Stock Market and working with more than 100 technology and product development partners. The company graphene...
11 May 2021
Published 6 May 2021 Link
EFSA has updated its safety assessment of the food additive titanium dioxide (E 171), following a request by the European Commission in March 2020.
6 May 2021
The process for the long-anticipated revision of the EU nanomaterial definition has started, with the Commission announcing a targeted stakeholder consultation which will be open until June 30.
In the run-up to the definition revision, preliminary work was carried out by the Commission and complemented by three technical reports published by the...
21 Apr 2021
We are happy to announce that a new member has joined the NIA family: a warm welcome to the Nano Institute of Sydney University.
The University of Sydney Nano Institute (Sydney Nano) is a flagship multidisciplinary research institute at the University of Sydney, Australia.
21 Apr 2021
The EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability includes the objective of developing criteria on safe- and sustainable-by-design to support the shift towards inherently safe and sustainable chemicals, materials and products, throughout the entire life cycle.
21 Apr 2021
The LICARA Nano Scan was originally developed by TNO and EMPA in the context of the EU-funded LICARA project, as a tool to guide companies through their decision-making process for the sustainable development of innovative nano-enabled products. The tool has now been updated to cover an extended range of products, including beyond nanomaterials....
