[TheNext]

Nano particles are cancer causing.

Do you enjoy wearing that asbestos radon suit?

[wally_bert]

Kind of reminds me of the temporary defense against the Drakh plague in the short lived Crusade spin off of the great Babylon 5.

[KarlInOhio]

For reference, there are about 254,000,000 nanometers in a single inch.

And by about 254,000,000 nanometers in a single inch the author means exactly 25,400,000 nanometers. < /eyeroll >

[Malsua]

Apfi.

Anyone read “Up Schist Creek”

[Vince Ferrer]

Somewhat related:

IBM lab on a chip can sort 20 nanometer nanoparticles such as DNA, viruses and exos

IBM is leveraging its computer chip making technology and quietly becoming a biology company. There can be a lot of applications for nanoscale detection and remediation of diseases and poisons. This might become an area of some big breakthroughs.

[orchestra]

German woman breaks up w/ Muslim boyfriend, receives acid on face as gift.

[MortMan]

...impenetrable to chemical and biological agents, but still water-permeable.

I'm afraid I do not see how that is possible, unless the carbon nanotubes interact directly with the water (which would leave the salt from sweat inside the suit, BTW).