American scientists are working on a plan to "grow" wood in a laboratory without sunlight or soil.

A report examines the potential of materials that can change shape, adapt and repair themselves.

A new aerogel can suck up water vapor in the air and then release it as clean drinking water, researchers report. It doesn't even need a power source.

Just a little soap helps clean up the challenging process of preparing two-dimensional hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), chemists report.

A new way to make bulk metals with enhanced properties like hardness starts with smashing individual nanoclusters.

Chemicals found in food and solar cell technology have an interesting history – as my own research shows.

Fluorine, a relatively abundant and light element, may be a good substitute for lithium without changing how long batteries last much.

New research maps out a huge number of carbon nanotube colors. "Carbon, which we see as black, can appear transparent or take on any color of the rainbow."

A new method of making perovskite cells for solar modules could be cheap and fast enough to make it scalable, researchers say.

See how incredibly tiny micromachines made from metal and plastic move according to their shape. They're a step toward better drug delivery.