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Unique wine-grapes cultivation technique invented.

Whole-genome sequencing unravels the puzzle of chronic mountain sickness.

China eyes health research cooperation with Africa.

Diamonds are for finding stem cells.

Chi-huey Wong's team make advances in quest to develop carbohydrate-based vaccines.

ScinoPharm Changshu teams up with Sundia MediTech.

Nanotechnology has become a distinctive field of research, aimed to modernize the way scientists have addressed urgent needs and sophisticated problems, towards the achievement of unprecedented discoveries. Amidst the myriad of materials extensively used in the modern society, carbon-based systems seem to embody a significant role especially where endurance and strength are required: carbon nanoparticles, nanotubes, graphite, diamonds and fullerenes et al. In addition to the above advantages, this review also emphasizes some concerns on the carbonnanosystems and which are mainly attributable to the lack of an exhaustive characterization and to the potential hazardous effects deriving from their potential accumulation in the environment and inside the body.