Caitlin Saks and Arlo Pérez Esquivel team up with fellow NOVA producer Alex Clark to investigate a chemistry problem that has been eating at Alex (or rather, at his classic S13 Nissan Silvia) — rust.

Despite its name, stainless steel can rust. The material is actually an iron alloy made of several metals, including chromium, that forms a chromium-oxide layer on its surface. That layer prevents ...

When feeding corn silage infected with southern rust, caution is essential to protect livestock health and performance. The ...

Thanks to its toughness, durability, and heat-handling properties, steel has long been the material of choice for building automobile braking system components. In fact, steel is used to create many ...

Q: I live in Southern New England and, in the past, I have had problems with undercarriage rust ruining brakes, mufflers and even the frame of the car. I get the same story: Drive it more, keep it ...