What’s new in nano
Every dated step in the nanotechnology we track, newest first. Each one says what happened, why it matters and how far it is from your life, with its source. New ones arrive every morning.
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Feb 2024
- Quantum dot TVs
Samsung had sold about 44 million QLED TVs since launching the line in 2017, including 8.31 million in 2023.
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Oct 2023
- Quantum dot TVs
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.
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Aug 2022
- E171
The EU ban took full effect: food made or sold in the EU after August 7, 2022 cannot contain titanium dioxide.
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Feb 2022
- Rapid tests
The UK government said more than 2 billion lateral flow tests had been provided across the UK since 2020.
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Jan 2022
- E171
The EU withdrew titanium dioxide's approval as a food additive (Regulation 2022/63), with six months for food makers to phase it out.
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May 2021
- E171
The EU's food safety agency found E171 widely eaten, mainly in baking ingredients, soups, sauces and sandwich spreads.
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The European Food Safety Authority concluded that titanium dioxide can no longer be considered safe as a food additive, because it could not rule out damage to DNA (genotoxicity) after the particles are eaten.
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