Iron is well-known for rusting, but this doesn't just happen on contact with oxygen and water. Some bacteria are also able to able to decompose iron anaerobically in a process referred to as ...

Iron dust, the rarest nutrient for most marine life, can be washed down by rivers or blown out to sea or--a surprising new study finds--float up from the sea floor in the material spewed from ...

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Researchers have made a key first step in economically converting plant materials to fuels: keeping iron from rusting. Washington State University researchers have made a key first step in ...