Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas Steitz, and Ada Yonath win the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on elucidating the chemical bond-by-chemical bond action of the cell's protein synthesis organelle, the ribosome.
Microcrystals of azobenzene bend into a semicircle when a light is shined on them.
A chemist develops the "infofuse", which when burned creates a series of colourful flames that can transmit coded information.
Researchers at the University of Gothenburg think they can produce ultra-dense deuterium, which could be used as fuel in inertial confinement fusion.
