Seeing the wood for the trees: Nanoparticles and the environment

Tuesday 1 December 2009, 7.00PM

Speaker: Dr Karen Tiede, Food and Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton

The talk will discuss the potential risks of engineered nanoparticles in the environment and the challenges researchers face trying to assess them.

This lecture is the fourth in the series The nanoworld: Exploration and exploitation. This series of talks will focus on the world of nanoscience and explore how it enriches and stimulates technological innovation, why it is so important for the understanding of our natural environment and how it helps us to develop new technologies for an improved healthcare.

• Exploring the nanoworld
• Nanoparticles: Why, how, and what for?
• Magnetic healing: The real power and mystery of magnets for healthcare
• Seeing the wood for the trees: Nanoparticles and the environment
• Nanoscience in nature: What corals and sea snails teach us
• Quantum engineering: A tale of teeny tiny technologies

To supplement this series, there will be two opportunities to visit the York JEOL Nanocentre on 3 November and 8 December.

Location: Room P/L001, Physics

Admission: Admission is free and open to all

Email: publiclectures@york.ac.uk

Telephone: 01904 432622