The science publications organization Scientific American has listed what it considers the top 10 science stories for 2009. They range from the collision of protons and a flu epidemic, to a world conference on climate. The SciAm slideshow highlights these major science stories in the year 2009.

Researchers have produced a prototype contact lens that displays graphics, senses body chemistry information from the eye, and is powered by radio waves. Augmented reality, navigation and prick-free diabetes testing are all possible applications.

The Western Australian town of Geraldton, 460 kilometres north of Perth, is set to play a key role in Australian astronomy in support of the bid to host the $2.5 billion Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio-telescope, with the Australian Government’s announcement today that a new research facility is to be built in the town.

HTML clipboardThe world's newest synchrotron has opened in Shanghai, but even though it is now only the second-youngest the Australian Synchrotron powers on with fantastic research.

NASA announces that a substance initially applied for aerospace research has now been used as an important piece of an implantable medical device for people with heart failure.

University of Sydney scientists say they have developed a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) that can not only increase Internet networks speeds making them 60 times faster but can act as traffic monitors to keep the speed high and error-free.