The mercury thermometer, long a fixture in household medicine cabinets and industrial settings, is going the way of the horse and buggy. The reason: Mercury released into the environment from a broken thermometer is highly ...
Environment
Feb 25, 2011
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Beginning March 1, 2011, the National Institute of Standards and Technology will no longer provide calibration services for mercury thermometers. The cessation of the mercury thermometer calibration program marks the end ...
General Physics
Feb 2, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Mercury, the silvery liquid formerly used in thermometers, is now known to be highly toxic. The worst of the toxins are organic mercury compounds, such as methylmercury. Most previous analytical procedures ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 15, 2009
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As part of a larger effort to reduce the amount of mercury, a potent neurotoxin, in the environment, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has launched a new website to help industry scientists and engineers ...
Environment
Jun 13, 2012
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Scientific equipment belonging to an Enlightenment figure has been found in an archaeological dig at the University.
Archaeology
Jun 29, 2011
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The World Health Organization and campaigners launched a drive Friday to try to wipe out mercury in medical thermometers, a day after nations signed a UN treaty to control the toxic liquid metal.
Environment
Oct 11, 2013
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In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, German scientists and surveyors crossed choppy waters and braved dangerous conditions on ships called the Gazelle, Valdivia and Planet. These arduous expeditions, one of which circumnavigated ...
Environment
Jul 6, 2022
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A UN conference to sign a historic treaty aimed at reining in the use and emission of mercury began Monday in Kumamoto, near Minamata, the site of Japan's worst-ever industrial poisoning.
Environment
Oct 7, 2013
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