The new nanotech centre at Nottingham therefore builds on an impressive body of research that has already been undertaken, and should help identify new possibilities for food production and other industrial sectors. Full details for the use of materials at an extremely small scale at sizes of millionths of millimetre and exploit the fact that some materials have different properties at this ultra small scale from those at larger scale.
Email this page Print in friendly format News by email Your comments Nanotech investment opens up new food possibilities 3. 5 million grant for new stateoftheart nanotech research centre in the UK underlines the potential of this brave new technology for the food industry, writes Anthony Fletcher. nanotech treatment delivery system could take the form of miniature device implanted in an animal that samples saliva.
Production, processing and shipment of food products could be made more secure through the development and implementation of nanosensors for pathogen and contaminant detection, while the development of nanodevices could allow the tracking of individual shipments. Nanotechnology offers enormous potential benefit to the UK economy and society, said Lord Sainsbury. The initiative is supported by growing list of innovative companies active in nanotechnology, as well as the universities of Leicester, Lincoln and Loughborough.
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The initiative is supported by growing list of innovative companies active in nanotechnology, as well as the universities of Leicester, Lincoln and Loughborough. The science has the potential to provide new solution to tracking and tracing goods and also provide revolutionary new monitoring techniques, an growing area of study especially in the US given the emphasis on homeland security and the fight against terrorism. It is hoped that the concept could be used to block out harmful gases that shorten the shelf life of food.
The Nottingham Micro Nano Technology MNT Centre will be an advanced manufacturing facility designed to help companies develop revolutionary new products and services at scale of thousandths of millimetre. This integrated sensing system could detect the presence of disease long before fever develops. It is hoped that the concept could be used to block out harmful gases that shorten the shelf life of food. Full details for the use of materials on this site can be found in the Terms & Conditions.