Researchers have discovered that organic material may be hitching a ride in interstellar dust particles.
China's 15th century Forbidden City was built by moving blocks along artificial paths made from ice.
Scientists have developed the world's first self-healing material that can work at room temperature.
A special new absorbent material could soon be making its way to arid regions to help farmers grow crops.
A set of ancient funeral beads discovered in Egypt are made from materials found in a meteorite.
A huge coronal hole covering almost a quarter of the sun is spewing gas and material in to space.
The impressive new touch-sensitive material is created using arrays of transistors made of nanowires.
Scientists have succeeded in creating an invisibility cloak using a type of material called a metascreen.
NASA's Messenger probe has revealed frozen organic materials on the closest planet to the sun.
Scientists have developed a new nanomaterial that appears to be highly effective at stopping bullets.
Traces of ancient viruses from millions of years ago can still be found within our genetic material.
A group of entrepreneurs are planning to use robots to mine precious materials from nearby asteroids.
Artificial genetic material that can evolve and store information like DNA has been developed in a lab.
Hailed as a miracle material, researchers have discovered the thinnest known anti-corrosive material.
NASA's Opportunity rover has discovered Gypsum on Mars, a material formed by water flowing through rock.
The new printer produces a bone-like material that will aid in the repairing of serious injuries.
The remarkable new material is 100 times lighter than Styrofoam and consists of 99.99% air.
A material found in toothpaste, sunscreen, solar cells and at Wimbledon also devours air pollutants.
Contaminated water can be cleaned effectively using a novel, cheap material, say researchers.
Pioneers of a new material believe it could have the same applications as silicon.