Ram Mohan looks at how bismuth — a remarkably harmless element among the toxic heavy metals in the periodic table — has sparked interest in areas varying from medicinal to industrial chemistry.

China produced more than 80% of world's bismuth last year - USGS Alternative producers include Korea, Japan and Laos Feb 21 (Reuters) - Bismuth prices in Europe have soared to their highest in ...

Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have synthesized a Bi 5 ⁻ ring, a molecule with five bismuth atoms, and stabilized it in a metal complex. Their discovery fills a gap ...