Cast iron pans are one of the most versatile cooking instruments. They can handle anything from frying chicken to searing a juicy steak — you can even use a cast iron skillet to bake your next ...

Imagine leaving your shiny metal bicycle outside in the rain. As water pools on its surfaces, oxygen from the air lingers nearby, and together they begin to quietly attack the metal. The iron in the ...

There’s something about cooking an old family recipe in an heirloom cast iron pan that makes it taste just like the delicious ...

Q: I have a cast-iron skillet that I have been using for a few years. It has brown, rust-colored stains that don’t come off, no matter what I do. I’ve tried kosher salt and a small chain, soap, a ...

It doesn't matter which manufacturer a classic truck originated from. The older it gets, the more likely it's going to have problems associated with rust burrowing holes in the body. Add 50-plus years ...

Iron (blue) can react with trace amounts of water to produce corrosive chemicals. (Courtesy: Evgeni Penev/Rice University) Iron has been an important metal to humans for thousands of years, but it has ...

Rusted metal is often beyond fixing and can only be thrown away and replaced. But there are several ways you can tackle this problem and try to fix it. When it comes to cleaning rust there are a ...

I grew up with the idea that the Moon was a dry, airless rock where metal simply sat unchanged for billions of years. The discovery of actual iron rust in lunar soil has blown a hole in that picture, ...

Concrete driveways are susceptible to unsightly rust stains when iron reacts with water and oxygen. Here's where that iron ...

Imagine leaving your shiny metal bicycle outside in the rain. As water pools on its surfaces, oxygen from the air lingers nearby, and together they begin to quietly attack the metal. The iron in the ...