Nanosilver, used as a bactericidal agent, was suspended in solution and found to be toxic, sometimes lethal, to minnows, a Purdue University study showed.

A forest of erect nanowires will form the basis of computer memory that will be a million times faster, an IBM physicist said at this week’s ICONN conference in Sydney.

Selected slides from secondary teacher workshop titled, Human enhancement: are we going cyborg

Vertical nano crystals of silicon that capture as much as 85 percent of the full spectrum of incoming sunlight might slash the cost of photovoltaic cells.

Researchers have designed a bioactive nanomaterial that activates bone marrow stem cells to produce natural cartilage.

Nanogenerators that can scavenge energy from movement are a step closer, after researchers described the most efficient examples of such devices ever made.

Nano-sized cables made with titanium dioxide-coated carbon nanotubes could hold the key to developing new high-capacity batteries.

SAFENANO provides a summary of key nano health and safety developments from 2009, and considers how these are likely to shape nano in 2010.

Power-generating rubber films could harness natural body movements such as walking to power pacemakers, mobile phones and other electronic devices.

Nanoart21 is the latest in a stream of exhibitions of creating art from science. This selection of visually stunning images is worth a look.