Archaeologists in Poland uncovered 26 iron objects made from a single meteorite. The artifacts, discovered during excavations at two early Iron Age cemeteries—Częstochowa-Raków and ...

Blacksmiths and metallurgists in the West have been puzzled for centuries as to how the unique patterns on the famous Damascus steel blades were formed. Different mechanisms for the formation of the ...

Damascus swords-- sharp enough to slice a falling piece of silk in half, strong enough to split stones without dulling -- owe their legendary qualities to carbon nanotubes, says chemist and Nobel ...

Cherished by caliphs and sultans, swords made from “Damascus steel” have long been renowned for their razor-sharp edges, extraordinary durability — and great beauty. Writing in 1960, Herbert Maryon, a ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) You might have seen our recent Nanowerk Spotlight on modern military nanotechnology (Military nanotechnology - how worried should we be?) and read about the hundreds of millions ...

In medieval times, crusading Christian knights cut a swathe through the Middle East in an attempt to reclaim Jerusalem from the Muslims. The Muslims in turn cut through the invaders using a very ...

Wootz, a method of steel production lost for hundreds of years, gained its curious properties through a natural process of carbon nanotube formation, according to Nature. The revered Damascus steel ...

The technology the Arabs used to craft the famed Damascus swords may have existed in India even before these weapons were built in the capital city of Syria, a research by city-based Deccan College, ...

Engineers from the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung (MPIE) in Düsseldorf and the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology in Aachen have combined ancient and modern technology by developing a ...

The nearly 700-year-old ceremonial sword, which is likely to be returned to Hyderabad by the British government after 115 years, may have been a product of a local wootz or crucible steel industry in ...