Silver has been used as an antimicrobial agent for millennia, and the increased surface area offered by the nanoparticle form of the metal offers greater germ-killing capacity. Today, manufacturers ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Silver nanoparticles are one of the most extensively used type of nanoparticles in consumer products due to the unique antibacterial activity of silver. There have been raising ...

(Beyond Pesticides, March 5, 2013) Low concentrations of silver nanoparticles can cause significant disruptions to natural ecosystems, find scientists at Duke University. This research, published in ...

(NHI Nanoblog)A team of researchers at Virginia Tech are adding to the growing body of evidence suggesting that nanosilver—which is growing in popularity as an anti-bacterial agent—is invading our ...

CRESCO – Approximately 2,000 gallons of sewage sludge was released to an unnamed tributary to Silver Creek from a storage tank at the Cresco wastewater treatment plant yesterday in Howard County when ...