With much of the world’s population living in close proximity to water and humidity, corrosion of metallic materials has been an inevitable part of the human experience. While the oxidation of iron ...

Estrogen can harm aquatic plants and animals when passed into waterways via human and agricultural waste streams. Researchers have now developed a new way of removing the hormone from water, however, ...

According to a recent study published in Corrosion Science, scientists led by Prof. HUANG Qunying's team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have ...

Rusty bike chains and crusty car batteries usually mean it’s time to clean the corroded areas and apply some grease or gel, but who thinks about it beyond that? Answer: a chemical and materials ...

Chief meteorologist Mark Dixon checks out the science behind using a fire extinguisher to fire a pencil into a piece of plywood. Here's Jan. 4's Science Sunday. Chief meteorologist Mark Dixon checks ...

If you own guns long enough, you eventually see it: that ugly orange fuzz creeping across a slide, a barrel, or a set of sights you really like. Rust feels like it appears overnight. In reality, the ...