While scientists have long known that iron oxide minerals help lock away enormous amounts of carbon—sequestering it from the ...

In the Alaskan Arctic, a quiet revolution in permafrost science is rewriting what we thought we knew about frozen ground and ...

The story of the red planet, it turns out, may be due for a revision. At one time, experts thought that Mars was covered with fields of rocks with iron trapped inside. Somehow or other, and over a ...

Tiny iron oxide grains found in lunar soil samples brought by the Chinese Chang’e-6 mission upend what was known about the Moon’s surface and magnetic properties, scientists revealed in a new study.

In a groundbreaking discovery that challenges long-held assumptions, researchers have uncovered evidence suggesting that the accidental use of iron oxide in ancient copper smelting processes may have ...

Like pipes, statues and nails, the moon can rust. Such rusting has occurred despite a seeming lack of necessary components — but all signs of blame point to the Earth. A new study posits that the ...

Red China’s Great Leap Forward, which began in 1958, ground to a halt only three years later in a shambles of rusting backyard iron furnaces and neglected farms. The experiment set the nation back ...

Binghamton University, State University of New York provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation US. Imagine leaving your shiny metal bicycle outside in the rain. As water pools on its ...

Right: uncoated iron. Left: coated iron. Both shown after exposure to rust-promoting conditions. Credit: Linoy Amar Researchers have developed a highly effective dual-layer coating that provides 99.6% ...