The story begins at Kvemo Bolnisi, a smelting workshop perched on a hillside in the Caucasus. Soviet archaeologists first dug ...

New research suggests ancient copper smelters accidentally discovered iron, sparking the technological shift that transformed ...

Copper smelters once used iron oxide to refine copper, unintentionally advancing the path toward iron metallurgy. Research conducted at Cranfield University provides new insight into the shift from ...

The rise of the Iron Age —and the complete shift in the way the world worked that it caused—was likely an accident. And ...

Experts reinvestigated a 3,000-year-old site of Kvemo Bolnisi in Georgia and found that what they believed to be an iron ...

The startup is using waste materials and alternative fuels to make cement, slashing greenhouse gas emissions in a polluting ...

The federal government kept detailed records of every crop in Amache’s agricultural program, but overlooked the ways incarcerees cultivated personal gardens ...

Two Indonesian export commodities are affected by radioactive contamination. This is the result of a poor oversight of ...

Unique archaeological find: divers recover nearly 200 ancient iron ingots from the Sava River, revealing trade links between ...

At its peak in the 1880s, Frisco boasted perhaps 6,000 souls, 23 saloons and a violent reputation. Its mines yielded silver, ...

World’s first carbon captured net-zero cement could be produced at industry-leading facility in Padeswood, north Wales as ...

This innovation has enabled the company to significantly cut carbon emissions and energy use in steel production – a sector globally known for its high carbon footprint ...