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

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“They’ll get slightly under $1000 at spot value,” another added. Although it's impossible to give an exact estimate, online ...

For more stubborn rust or scale, mechanical methods may be necessary. Brass wire brushes, scrapers, or even rotary tools with ...

Warming Arctic permafrost is unlocking toxic metals, turning Alaska’s once-clear rivers into orange, acid-laced streams. The shift, eerily similar to mine pollution but entirely natural, threatens ...

Seemingly contradictory materials are trapped together in two glittering diamonds from South Africa, shedding light on how ...

Seemingly contradictory materials are trapped together in two glittering diamonds from South Africa, shedding light on how ...

Researchers found that ice can trigger stronger chemical reactions than liquid water, dissolving iron minerals in extreme ...

From the column: "Given the lack of regulation and experience in Minnesota on high sulfide mines, it makes sense to take a ...

Maximizing efficiency, single-atom catalysts leverage individual metal atoms for enhanced catalysis, reducing waste and ...

A pair of diamonds that formed hundreds of kilometers deep in Earth’s malleable mantle both contain specks of materials that ...

The writer John McPhee once described Alaska’s Salmon River as having “the clearest, purest water” he’d ever seen. Today, ...