Nanoparticles are increasingly woven into the fabric of modern industry, quietly enhancing product performance, enabling new medical approaches, and reshaping manufacturing processes. Yet their very small size — which gives them unusual physical and chemical behaviors — also raises questions about occupational safety, long-term health effects, and environmental impacts. As companies adopt nanoscale materials in…

Lead: quiet revolutions at very small scales Nanotechnology is no longer confined to laboratories and high-tech factories — it has quietly woven itself into many consumer products that people use every day. From thinner electronics to smarter medical tools, and from longer-lasting food packaging to smoother cosmetic finishes, materials engineered at very small scales are…