Mercury, also called quicksilver, is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Hg and atomic number 80. A heavy, silvery, transition metal, mercury is one of five elements that are ...

Excavating human skeletons is the closest archaeologists can get to the people who lived in the past. Once excavated the bones are often analysed chemically in order to yield as much information as ...

Mercury has several claims to fame: It’s the only metallic element that’s liquid at room temperature, it’s been known to ancient cultures for centuries upon centuries. Buried deep under a mound of ...

LIVERMORE — The city of Livermore and Lawrence Livermore Laboratory may soon have an element named in their honor. Lab scientists and colleagues at a Russian institute synthesized a superheavy element ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Three recently discovered chemical elements will be named after Moscow, Japan and Tennessee under a recommendation by an international scientific group. A fourth name honors a Russian ...

In low-energy bulbs an electric discharge passes through argon gas containing mercury, which generates UV light. This in turn activates the coating on the inside surface of the bulb, which shines ...