David Muir shares details on the new National Geographic special and the minute-by-minute timeline the team reconstructed ...

Until now, the earliest known ivory artifacts came from the Upper Paleolithic, between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago. A few ...

The discovery of the bone collector species was serendipitous. "You never forget your first bone collector," Rubinoff told ...

This fossil is 13 million years older than any ant fossil found before—and reveals a sophisticated predator that lived alongside the dinosaurs.

Researchers are developing the biomaterial as a more environmentally friendly alternative to concrete, but any wide-scale use ...

Scientists recently identified the oldest material on Earth: stardust that's 7 billion years old, tucked away in a massive, ...

Conservators and museum technicians protect precious archaeological metal objects, such as tools and weapons, with clear coatings, leaving preserved and unobstructed views of these detailed treasures.

In a first, researchers have developed a new copper alloy that's one of the most resilient copper-based materials ever made.

As part of a long-term collaboration, researchers in Prof. Y. Shirley Meng's lab at the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular ...

Based on fundamental research, a new startup is upending decades-old approaches for the way the world extracts lithium and other materials.

Researchers have identified antiferromagnetism in a real icosahedral quasicrystal, reigniting interest in the quest to ...

A team led by UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering has discovered materials that defy convention, shrinking when heated ...