Mineola residents experienced rust in their tap water on Thursday, after a valve opened and released it into the water system, the village said. A village official called it a “freak occurrence,” ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pouring flecks of rust into water usually makes it dirtier. But researchers have developed special iron oxide nanoparticles called 'smart rust' that actually makes it cleaner. The magnetic ...