Become a paid member to listen to this article Courtesy of Village Preservation The first spot on our list has to go to 801-807 Broadway, known as “The Cast Iron Building.” John Kellum, the architect ...

Iron is an essential trace metal for nearly all microorganisms. Microorganisms devote substantial metabolic resources to obtaining adequate iron under various environmental conditions. Systemic iron ...

Lancaster architect C. Emlen Urban was a proponent of wrought iron being used as an “art form,” and used it on his public and private buildings. Decorative uses of wrought iron include hand-wrought ...

There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science ...

Timothy Godbold’s design of an apartment for a family of four in the Cast Iron House in Tribeca mixes industrial charm with modern elegance. Alabaster Egyptian pots in the shelving unit, Alberese sofa ...

PRECIOUS METALS currently are the basis of catalysts that are well understood by chemists and widely used in labs, industrial processes, and automobile catalytic converters. But the metals—such as ...