Scientists have discovered traces of rust minerals on the Moon's surface. The Moon has iron, but no liquid water or oxygen, so rust shouldn't be possible. A new theory suggests that the Moon gets ...

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 ...

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In the southern corner of Guatemala, outside the tiny mountain town of San Pedro Yepocapa, Elmer Gabriel’s coffee plants ought to be leafed-out and gleaming. It is a week before Christmas, the heart ...

Experts on wheat biotechnology have discovered a gene that will make bread wheat capable of resisting stripe rust, a fungus that causes crop losses in many states. An international team of researchers ...

Mateo Jaramillo sees the future of renewable energy in thousands of iron pellets rusting away in a laboratory in Somerville, Massachusetts. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...

This chapter presents the committee’s thoughts about grand challenges for the broad field of corrosion science. The committee developed a working definition of a corrosion grand challenge, applied ...