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Heavy metals get a bad rap. For the most part, it is deserved because they are usually toxic. Except when they aren't. You ...

Aluminum looks strong and solid until mercury touches it. This reaction shows how fragile the metal becomes in seconds.

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Making gold from mercury in a fusion reactor is a theoretically sound but commercially unproven proposition with significant ...

Many marine mammals and seabirds degrade methylmercury mostly in the liver. Atlantic bluefin tuna appear to lean on the ...

A Feb. 20 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) raises doubts about the safety of two metals found in some vaccines. “Show me any studies that prove that the heavy metal preservatives in vaccines ...

The formation of Mercury remains an unsolved mystery. The planet closest to the sun has a disproportionately large metallic ...