All steel articles
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NewsFusion-grade steel made on industrial scale in a UK first
Material can survive high temperatures and intense neutron radiation
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BusinessWorkers killed in two US incidents, with several others hospitalised
H2S exposure at a sugar refining plant and a fire at a metal hardening plant each led to one worker death
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ResearchRecycled construction waste could cut cement and steel’s carbon footprint
Cement can be regenerated during steel recycling in an electric arc furnace
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ResearchNew process could turn scrap metal into hi-tech steel in demand for cars and alloys
Ultra-low carbon steel created electrochemically
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PodcastHandmade: A Scientist’s Search for Meaning through Making by Anna Ploszajski – Book club
Uncovering the hidden facets of popular material
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ReviewHandmade: A Scientist’s Search for Meaning through Making
A hands-on approach to materials science
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ResearchHow does hair blunt steel blades?
Electron microscopy reveals how hairs chip and crack stainless steel blades while shaving
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BusinessCurbing industry’s carbon emissions
Replacing fossil-fuelled furnaces with renewable electrical heating and cutting carbon from some heavy industries could make a serious dent in climate targets
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ResearchStainless steel takes the heat off difluoromethylation
Bespoke 3D-printed reactor makes use of greenhouse gas
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FeatureRaiders of the lost steel
The skills behind the legendary sharpness of wootz steel were once forgotten, but Andy Extance talks to the researchers unsheathing its secrets
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PodcastSelenium dioxide
It smells of ‘rotting horseradish’ but gives glass a magnificent red colour – Brian Clegg shines a light on selenium dioxide
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