Recreating Damascus steel remains a holy grail of materials science. The exact process and alloys used are long ago lost to time. At best, modern steelworking methods are able to produce a rough ...

Civivi’s eye-popping new Placoid is true to its unusual name ... metals combined in the ancient process of forming Damascus steel are layered like lasagna, what ultimately brings the look ...

As part of membership, Damascus was supposed to be subjected to inspections. But for more than a decade the OPCW was prevented from uncovering the true scale of the chemical weapons program.