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 ...

Scientists at the Tokyo University of Science have used rust as a catalyst in light-assisted hydrogen production from organic waste, finding it produces 25 times more hydrogen than previous titanium ...

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are helping to enable the next generation of abundant, affordable nuclear energy by combining 80 years of know-how with the ...

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 ...

The main application with hydrogen is with fuel cells. A fuel cell is an electrochemical cell that converts the chemical energy of a fuel. With a hydrogen fuel cell, this operates through passing ...

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 ...