Digital thermometers and thermometers using galinstan — an alloy of gallium, indium and tin — have replaced mercury as have ceramic composites in the dental industry. People are also reading… ...

Diving into one of the most mesmerizing and mysterious elements on the periodic table: Mercury (Hg). Known for being the only ...

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The ABC has axed the weekly panel show 'Q-and-A' after 18 years on air. The show which has been hosted by Patricia Karvelas since 2023 will not return in August as had been planned.

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Have you ever placed a thermometer under your tongue and wondered how that tiny device knows if you have a fever? Or checked the weather and thought about how scientists measure temperature so ...

Mercury is a somewhat different metal in that it is liquid when most other metals are solid. It has a silvery-gray color, and although many thermometers today are digital, mercury is often used in ...

You shouldn’t have liquid mercury in your home. If you have old thermometers, Solid Waste does a wonderful program during their household clean-up days where they will take old thermometers.” ...

Mercury is most commonly found in thermostats and some types of thermometers, but it can also be found in batteries, amalgam for dental fillings and fluorescent light bulbs, according to the U.S ...

In actuality, this liquid is more often alcohol than mercury. Another advantage of alcohol is that the freezing temperature of mercury is around -38F, so a mercury thermometer is not useful in ...

A Russian chess player is facing possible jail time and criminal charges after she allegedly used liquid mercury from a broken thermometer to poison a rival player during a large tournament ...