Chemistry/Physics/Materials Science is one of the news areas offered by--EUREK ALERT!
EurekAlert! is an online, global news service operated by AAAS, the science society. EurekAlert! provides a central place through which universities, medical centers, journals, government agencies, corporations and other organizations engaged in research can bring their news to the media and to the public. EurekAlert! features news and resources focused on all areas of science, medicine and technology.
News, features, opinions, multimedia presentations and reviews from the world’s top physicists and professional science writers.
Based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, The Why Files covers science at all institutions that engage in scientific exploration and discovery to help explain the relationship between science and daily life.
One of many New York Times RSS options--SCIENCE--includes podcasts, profiles of scientists, regular science columns and related feature stories.