Erin Brockovich made the world conversant with a problem that researchers at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung now hope to solve once and for all. Brockovich’s story is one of poison, big ...

Human and animal skin is exemplary in many respects. Materials scientists are impressed above all by the way in which it heals itself when damaged. They would like to endow anticorrosion coatings with ...

Corrosion eats away 75 billion euros of economic output annually in Germany alone. But it may soon be possible to better assess which steels and other alloys will be affected, and how to limit the ...

Not in California, perhaps. But here in Canada, where your car will be assaulted by gravel, ice and salt? You bet. This article is 1 year old. Some details may be outdated. Rust. It’s a four-letter ...