Dozens of once crystal-clear streams and rivers in Arctic Alaska are now running bright orange and cloudy—and in some cases, they may be becoming more acidic. This otherwise-undeveloped landscape now ...

Rust in the form of haematite has been detected on the Moon’s surface, especially at the poles Haematite formation on the Moon requires oxygen and water, which are scarce on the lunar surface Earth’s ...

IN NATURE of February 21 (p. 390) Prof. W. R. Dunstan states that rusting of iron takes place in the presence of water and oxygen when every trace of carbonic acid has been removed. To a certain ...

Arctic rivers flowing through Alaska are increasingly turning orange as wildfires, thawing permafrost and other factors ...

No wonder the moon is inching away. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The moon is turning ever so slightly red, and it's likely ...

THE first view taken of the atmospheric corrosion or rusting of iron was that it was due to, a simple process of oxidation. In 1888 Prof. Crum Brown suggested, on the basis of experiments described by ...

Taking good care of your car can become increasingly difficult, depending on where you live. The most prominent example is that some areas are more likely to cause your car to rust than others. The ...

The same chemical process that ruins your bike chain and eats away at your outdoor grill could help power the electric grid of the future, and perhaps even help save the planet from catastrophic ...

Scientists and doctors already knew that Alzheimer's disease patients show a buildup of amyloid protein in the brain. Now high levels of iron are also associated with Alzheimer's, new research ...

Davide Castelvecchi, Graham P. Collins, Bruce Grierson, Mara Hvistendahl, Jonathon Keats, Michael Moyer, George Musser, Christie Nicholson, Ricki Rusting, Jessica ...