"The James Webb Space Telescope has captured helium escape from this planet for the first time, and it is the most confident ...

New technologies, international partnerships and luxury buyers are driving a global shift toward sustainable, mercury-free gold. Courtesy Pure Earth Gold has captivated humanity for millennia, ...

The heavy metal mercury exists in different forms, which include elemental mercury vapor that forms when fossil fuels and industrial operations burn. The substance shows extreme toxicity to human ...

The bulbs, some of which were broken, were pushed into a stream that eventually leads to the Horicon Marsh. Two trailers of bulbs linked to the case were left on a second Fond du Lac County property.

The Geodimeter Model 4, introduced in the spring of 1959, measured 12 inches square, weighed about 35 lbs (plus the 12-volt battery and inverter), cost less than $5,000, and had a range of 50 feet to ...

Winston-Salem and Duke Energy are expected to begin discussion soon on replacing the city’s 25,000 remaining traditional streetlights with high-efficiency LED bulbs. The benefits of such a swap are ...

The Glen Cove High School auxiliary gym floor is being replaced after testing found mercury vapor levels nearly four times the limit allowed by the state, according to district officials. Test results ...

Schools in the Long Island town of Glen Cove are replacing gymnasium floors following this month's startling discovery of mercury vapors emanating from old rubberized flooring. Now, some parents of ...

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Glen Cove High School has closed its auxiliary gym after tests found its floor leaking mercury vapor at concentrations nearly four times the legal limit. In an announcement posted on Aug. 1, Glen Cove ...

Mercury, the element, is no longer used in thermometers, but it remains at the center of a decades-long debate over vaccine safety, despite the science being crystal clear. At the heart of this ...