Scientists and engineers can experience life in the heart of the newsroom by applying for a British Science Association 2012 Media Fellowship.

A date for your diaries: the Japanese Adhesion Society has announced the dates and venue for WCARP-V.

A novel nanocomposite could improve the mechanical and thermal properties and decrease the oxygen permeability of barrier packaging.

The 'early-bird' registration for conference and accommodation closes on 25 January 2012

This one day conference will consider Advances in Protective Clothing through the latest innovations in materials science and design.

The Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers are accepting applications for their 2012 Venture Prize. The Royal Society are also accepting nominations for a range of awards.

Two physicists have been knighted for their work in developing graphene, a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon that is stronger than steel.

Researchers in the Republic of Korea have overcome the obstacles in current methods of fabricating metal nanodot arrays with dot sizes of less than 100nm, which have applications in solar panels and data storage.

The deadline for nominations for the Institute of Physics Awards 2012 is 13 January.

Clothes usually get dirtier as you wear them, but in the future taking your t-shirt out of the drawer might actually clean it. Engineers have developed a type of cotton that is able to clean itself in response to sunlight.