Researchers have found a way to magnetize this material using light, an effect that persists for hours at a time.

Journalists select Gold, Silver and Bronze.

Approach tackles newer bullets, eliminates the need for expensive analysis equipment.

Thanks to a new house bill, records "created or collected in the course of academic research" or for related purposes, are now exempt from the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983.

New battery technology employs multifunctional materials.

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Joint BioEnergy Institute have engineered a bacterium to synthesize pinene, a hydrocarbon produced by trees that could potentially replace high-energy fuels, such as JP-10, in missiles and other aerospace applications. With improvements in process efficiency, the biofuel could supplement limited supplies of petroleum-based JP-10, and might also facilitate development of a new generation of more powerful engines.

Study reports major advance in synthetic biology.

A new £7 million centre at the University of Leeds will lead UK research in manufacturing advanced chemical products.

An international research group, led by Arizona State University professor Qiang "Shawn" Chen, has developed a new generation of potentially safer and more cost-effective therapeutics against West Nile virus and other pathogens.

Criminal charges relating to a 2008 lab accident at UCLA continue to raise concerns over safety practices in all university labs.