See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A type of rust that requires oxygen and water to form has been ...

Someone must have sarcastically asked the developers of survival game Rust if "water was wet" at some point, and the answer seems to have been, "not wet enough!" Rust water is going to get wetter, in ...

Researchers have developed a new way to filter toxins like oil, estrogen, and microplastics out of water sources using what they call “smart rust.” By pouring specially treated rust into water and ...

Generally, rust is thought of as making water dirtier and unhealthy. Now, a new study has found a way to use rust and magnets to clean water. For this, researchers used nanoparticles that they call ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16, 2023 — Pouring flecks of rust into water usually makes it dirtier. But researchers have developed special iron oxide nanoparticles they call “smart rust” that actually makes it ...