Materials
STOCKHOLM - An American and two Japanese scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for finding new ways to bond carbon atoms together, methods now widely used to make medicines and in agriculture and electronics.
WASHINGTON - One of the tools that teachers use to get kids jazzed about science - hands-on science kits - could face an uncertain future amid a debate on safety.
CITI'S EXIT: Citigroup Inc. is exiting the private student loan business.
HAVANA - At Cuba's only privately run newspaper, it doesn't take much to stop the presses.
DURHAM, N.H. - College seniors across the country are getting ready to toss their caps in the air and their gowns into recycling bins.